Need Mitigation Strategies To Minimise Human Consequences Of Disasters: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology and Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that there is a need to devise mitigation strategies to minimize human  consequences of natural disasters.

While speaking at the 2-day Indo-UK Workshop on "Earth Hazards" Singh said "The Ministry of Earth Sciences has adopted Pro-active stance and established 37 New Seismological Centers (observatories) in the last two years and now India has 152 such centers for extensive observation facilities generating huge data base for outcome-oriented analytics."

 He added that in next 5 years, 100 more such seismological centers will be opened across the country for improving the real time data monitoring and data collection. India is moving closer to playing a critical role in seismological advancement and understanding.

The minister further stated that it is a providential coincidence,  that the Joint Geoscience Workshop on "Earth Hazards" is happening at a time when India is dealing with Joshimath incident in Uttarakhand, where the Ministry of Earth Sciences is involved in addressing the issue along with other agencies.