DIMAPUR With an objective to evolve new strategies to adapt post calamity injury and make compelling pre-debacle courses of action, a conference on emergency management and disaster preparedness was held in Kigwema village on Wednesday. The conference was jointly organised jointly by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) and Home department, in collaboration with the Kigwema Students’ Union. An update from NSDMA stated that the conference was organised for sharing knowledge, experience and devise strategic and operational level issues for reducing the disaster risks, mitigating climate change, and adapting to its impacts. Speaking at the programme, advisor of NSDMA, Z Nyusietho Nyuthe, challenged the students to change their outlook towards disaster and be equipped with in-depth knowledge on how to overcome the obstacle. Johnny Ruangmei, joint chief executive officer of NSDMA, while presenting a talk on ‘Investing in resilience and preparedness,’ stressed that
Namgalong, erstwhile known as Burma Camp Kabui Basti, commemorated its 75th founding anniversary on January 31. Johnny Ruangmei, Joint CEO, NSDMA, was the special guest at the programme, which was organised by the Namgalong Rongmei Council.
Our Correspondent Kohima, Nov. 15 (EMN): Home Commissioner and CEO of Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Abhijit Sinha on Monday told officials of various departments to be practical and codify their approach to manage disasters in the state. He was addressing the multi state-level mock exercise on earthquake disaster – Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise (NEPEx), organised by NSDMA in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Ministry of Home Affairs. The event was held on the theme “Build to last: disaster resilient infrastructure” with participation from various line departments. Sinha expressed concern over Nagaland being in a high-risk earthquake zone, with building bye-laws yet to be operational and high-rise building constructions being rapidly carried out in the state. He opined that such structures posed risk for earthquakes as towns were densely populated and a ‘small collapse’ could have a huge impact. The official st