BHAKTAPUR, Aug 8: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said that citizens' right to get early warning notice on disaster will be ensured by 2030.
At a national workshop on early warning on disaster organized in Nagarkot on Thursday, the Home Minister said every citizen will be ensured with the early warning notice system within five years.
Lawmakers call for effective disaster early warning system
He said that the early warning notice system has helped reduce humanitarian loss even in the case of heavy rain.
A massive loss of human lives was recorded in the recent flooding that occurred in Rasuwa due to lack of notice of early warning, while the cloudburst that occurred in Kanchanpur district last year could not cause humanitarian loss thanks to the early warning system, the Home Minister said.
On the occasion, the participants pointed out the need for proactive roles of all three levels of government to avert the monsoon-induced disasters.
