Amit Shah To Chair Meeting With Ministers Of Disaster Management Of States/UTs Today

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting with ministers of Disaster Management of the States and Union Territories in New Delhi today.

Reportedly, the day-long meeting will also be attended by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla along with senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

The meeting is taking place, as extremely severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy looms large over the eastern and central Arabian Sea.

According to sources during the day-long meeting, the Home Minister will ask all the States and UTs to get prepared to counter all possible natural disasters.

Considering challenges before India in disaster management, the meeting will also focus on preparedness to deal with the next phase of these challenges.

The meeting is also learned to be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s holistic approach towards disaster management to make it relief-centric, early warning-centric, proactive and early preparedness-based.