Risk Reduction Practices in Urban areas are having different settings like : Collapse of Multistory Buildings, Electrical & Fire accidents, Acute shutdowns of civic facilities, Traffic-Jams, Terrorist attacks and vague rumors of riots,bomb-blasts,chaos at large gatherings and so on. Disaster Risk Reduction Preparedness-Plans and Mock-Practices require to be modulated accordingly. This will require all-round awareness among all related agencies like Emergency Medicine, Fire & Police, Civil Defense, Warning systems, Alternative Traffic arrangements, future planning of urban areas,all line departments and very important Civil Administrators and Local Members elected by people. Continuous training and re-training with at least once-in a year review and updation of existing plans and all contact details contained in the plans is of prime importance. Today is an era of multi-tasking but still I would like to recommend this work to a selected group of dedicated staff.- Dr Sudhir Gandhi.

Risk Reduction Practices in Urban areas are having different settings like : Collapse of Multistory Buildings, Electrical & Fire accidents, Acute shutdowns of civic facilities, Traffic-Jams, Terrorist attacks and vague rumors of riots,bomb-blasts,chaos at large gatherings and so on. Disaster Risk Reduction Preparedness-Plans and Mock-Practices require to be modulated accordingly. This will require all-round awareness among all related agencies like Emergency Medicine, Fire & Police, Civil Defense, Warning systems, Alternative Traffic arrangements, future planning of urban areas,all line departments and very important Civil Administrators and Local Members elected by people. Continuous training and re-training with at least once-in a year review and updation of existing plans and all contact details contained in the plans is of prime importance. Today is an era of multi-tasking but still I would like to recommend this work to a selected group of dedicated staff.- Dr Sudhir Gandhi.

Hello Friends, I hope this will be a nice oppertunity for all of us to discuss out cost-effective Disaster Risk Reduction Practices across the Globe ! Dr Sudhir Gandhi