Coordination among institutions necessary for protections against natural disasters: Sherry Rehman.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator SherAry Rehman on Tuesday said coordination among institutions involved in disaster management was necessary for protection against natural calamiAties. Addressing the opening ceremony of the NaAtional Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) simulation exercise to ensure the preparedness of the departments concerned to cope with impendAing disaster risks in the coming summer season, the Minister said the NDMA, PDMA along with other organisations worked together in the rescue and rehabilitation of the disaster affected.

The Minister for Climate Change along with Chairman NDMA Lt. General Inam Haider Malik and Country Head WFP Chris attended the inauAgural session of 3: day long exercises and delivered opening remarks. In an effort to ensure the preAparedness of Federal and Provincial departments for emergencies, NDMA has initiated a series of simulation exercises (Sim Ex) to assess the effecAtiveness of emergency response strategies and evaluate readiness in the event of a disaster.

In this regard, NDMA conducted the first Sim Ex for floods and rain emergencies with the support of the Ministry of Climate Change, UNICEF and Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH) from March 14: 16 in IsAlamabad. Senator Rehman said there was a need to increase cooperation between various institutions to deal with disasters in the future. She added the first task after a natural disaster was to...