Task Force on establishment of CDRI presents report to Rajnath

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New Delhi : The Task Force constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) presented its report on “Establishing a Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)” to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here on May 2, 2018. The Task Force was constituted by the MHA, with approval of Union Home Minister on August 18, 2017, and was headed by Ms Preeti Saran, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs. The report provides a step-by-step implementation plan and analysis to build and operationalise a coalition.

During the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) held in New Delhi in November 2016, PM Narendra Modi had outlined a 10-point agenda for disaster risk reduction. Under the first agenda, the Prime Minister said that “India will work with other partner countries and key stakeholders to build a coalition or centre for promoting disaster resilient infrastructure in the region. This will help generate new knowledge for hazard risk assessment, disaster resilient technologies and mechanism for integrating risk reduction in infrastructure financing.”

With a view to taking this agenda further forward, a Task Force was constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Task Force was mandated to prepare its report by April 30, 2018, on “Establishing a Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)”.the Committee met seven times to work out the report, according to a PIB release.

An International Workshop on “Disaster Resilient Infrastructure” was also held as per the advice of the Task Force on January 15-16,  2018, in New Delhi to get inputs from potential partner countries. More than 180 delegates including experts from 21 countries, Multilateral Development Banks, the United Nations, the private sector, academics and national representatives of Central Governments and State Governments participated at the workshop.