Rangpur

Stress on adaptation to climate change for disaster risk reduction

Experts at a workshop recently stressed on taking cluster-based approaches for ensuring adaptation to climate change in reducing risks of natural disasters in the flood-prone and riverine char areas, reports BSS. They were participating in the experience sharing workshop titled ‘Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Programme’ organised by RDRS Bangladesh at its Training Centre in Kurigram district town. District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer of Kurigram Abdul Mottalib Mollah attended the workshop as the chief guest with Agriculture and Environment Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh Mamunur Rashid in the chair.
Kurigram Sadar Upazila Agriculture Officer Md Kamruzzaman and Upazila Livestock Officer Dr Golam Rabbani attended the event as special guests.
Forty participants, including Chairmen of different union parishads, representatives of the union level federations of RDRS Bangladesh, project beneficiaries, NGO officials and local journalists took part in the workshop.
Assistant Coordinator (Environment) of RDRS Bangladesh Abdul Mannan delivered welcome speech narrating their ongoing activities in disaster risk reduction, extending emergency response management and climate change adaptation in Kurigram. Projecjt Coordinator of Community Climate Change Project (CCCP) of RDRS Bangladesh Shafiul Islam delivered the keynote presentation on the ‘Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Programme.’
“RDRS Bangladesh has been implementing the four-year term ‘Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Programme’ as a sub-project of CCCP with assistance of the Polli Karma Sohayok Foundation (PKSF) in Kurigram since 2013,” he said. He said that 1,299 plinths of houses were raised and 450 tube wells, 420 sanitary latrines, 1,000 units of solar panels and 900 raised tents were set up on the raised plinths involving 3,049 project beneficiaries in different clusters in flood-prone areas of Kurigram.

 

Rangpur

Stress on adaptation to climate change for disaster risk reduction

Experts at a workshop recently stressed on taking cluster-based approaches for ensuring adaptation to climate change in reducing risks of natural disasters in the flood-prone and riverine char areas, reports BSS. They were participating in the experience sharing workshop titled Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Programme organised by RDRS Bangladesh at its Training Centre in Kurigram district town. District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer of Kurigram Abdul Mottalib Mollah attended the workshop as the chief guest with Agriculture and Environment Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh Mamunur Rashid in the chair. Kurigram Sadar Upazila Agriculture Officer Md Kamruzzaman and Upazila Livestock Officer Dr Golam Rabbani attended the event as special guests. Forty participants, including Chairmen of different union parishads, representatives of the union level federations of RDRS Bangladesh, project beneficiaries, NGO officials and local journalists took part in the workshop. Assistant Coordinator (Environment) of RDRS Bangladesh Abdul Mannan delivered welcome speech narrating their ongoing activities in disaster risk reduction, extending emergency response management and climate change adaptation in Kurigram. Projecjt Coordinator of Community Climate Change Project (CCCP) of RDRS Bangladesh Shafiul Islam delivered the keynote presentation on the Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Programme. RDRS Bangladesh has been implementing the four-year term Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Programme as a sub-project of CCCP with assistance of the Polli Karma Sohayok Foundation (PKSF) in Kurigram since 2013, he said. He said that 1,299 plinths of houses were raised and 450 tube wells, 420 sanitary latrines, 1,000 units of solar panels and 900 raised tents were set up on the raised plinths involving 3,049 project beneficiaries in different clusters in flood-prone areas of Kurigram.