Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman has said that in order to protect ourselves against natural calamities, coordination among institutions involved in disaster management is necessary
She added further that the NDMA, PDMA along with other organisations worked together in the rescue and rehabilitation of the disaster affected while addressing the opening ceremony of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) simulation exercise to ensure the preparedness of the departments concerned to cope with impending disaster risks in the coming summer season.
Rehman along with NDMA Chairman Inam Haider Malik and WFP Country Head Chris attended the inaugural session of the three-day long exercises and delivered opening remarks.
In an effort to ensure the preparedness of Federal and Provincial departments for emergencies, NDMA has initiated a series of simulation exercises (Sim Ex) to assess the effectiveness of emergency response strategies and evaluate readiness in the event of a disaster.
In this regard, NDMA conducted the first Sim Ex for floods and rain emergencies with the support of the Ministry of Climate Change, UNICEF and Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH) from March 14-16 in Islamabad.
Senator said there was a need to increase cooperation between various institutions to deal with disasters in the future. She added the first task after a natural disaster was to restore basic infrastructure whereas no country could bear the loss of natural calamities on its own.
