Community Radio at southern region soon: Azad
DHAKA, Dec 28 (BSS) - Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad today said
community radio would be introduced forthwith at the country's south part,
considered as most vulnerable to natural calamities.
He described the region as mush exposed to disaster in comparison to
others and said post-disaster response could be prompted in the region with
successful introduction of the community radio.
The minister was inaugurating at a daylong workshop on 'Experience
sharing on climate Change, Natural Disaster and Response Mechanism' in the
Senate Hall of Dhaka University (DU) here. United Development Initiatives for
Programmed Actions (UDDIPAN), an NGO, and Centre for Disaster and Vulnerability
Studies (CDVS), a newly introduced centre of the DU to provide post-graduate
degrees on climate change, have jointly organized the workshop.
Prof of the CDVS Dr Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain in the chair chaired. Vice
Chancellor of the university Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique spoke as special
guest while adviser of Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) Dr SM
Morshed moderating. UDDIPON executive director M Emranul Huq Chowdhury, deputy
country director of save The Children, Sweden-Denmark Shamsul Alam Bakul,
professors of different departments of the DU, climate experts, scholars,
dignitaries and representatives from NGOs and development partners joined the
workshop.
The Information minister said the disaster issue got priority at the
present context, but it is unfortunate that Bangladesh has no adequate
preparation to face any large scale earthquake.
Besides, he said, it is not possible to reach densely populated urban
areas with fire fighting equipments if any earthquake occurs. He slammed
developed countries for pushing developing countries including Bangladesh
towards juggernaut of climate change saying that at around two crore people
might be climate refugees if sea level rises to one meter caused by the
perilous impact of climate change.
Azad put emphasis on increasing coordination among experts, NGOs and
government agencies for tackling the climate change in a coordinated manner.
Prof AAMS Arefin said information of the coastal people must be shared among
the new generation so that they can mitigate the challenge by utilizing their
knowledge and expertise.
M Emranul Huq favoured keeping the climate change issue out of politics
and therefore coordination could play a significant role in addressing the
challenge efficiently. Each educational institutions ranging from primary
school to university level should have compulsory climate change knowledge,
said Prof Dr Khondoker Mokaddem.
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