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Nepal: Where is SAARC when disaster strikes? - Opinion

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The Nepal quake is a warning bell for SAARC to get its act together to set up an effective disaster-response mechanism which can minimise and mitigate impact in an already disaster-prone region, writes Jhinuk Chowdhury on Huffington Post India.

According to Chowdhury, there is a huge need to network and gather knowledge from different organisations on how to mitigate the effects of natural calamities. Action with a sense of urgency is the least that the regional leaders can do to create a more resilient South Asia.

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