'India still long way from disaster mitigation' - expert

Have we moved from relief-centric disaster management to disaster mitigation that calls for early preparation to minimise the damage from disasters? asks an editorial in The Times of India.

According to VK Sharma, professor at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, disaster mitigation is still in its infancy stage in the country, though a number of universities and colleges are coming up with degree and diploma courses in the subject.