The National Disaster Management Authority chaired by the Indian Prime Minister had finally come up with broad guidelines for the buildings to be designed as earth quake resistant.
India had been affected by a series of earthquakes - Latur, Bhuj,J&K being the most recent ones which had not faded in our memories.
The focus is on earthquake resistant construction of new structures, selective seismic strengthening and retrofitting of existing priority structures, regulation and enforcement, awareness, capacity development and emergent response.
The NDMA has finalised another set of guidelines, for chemical (industrial) disasters. It is also working on guidelines for management of other disasters like floods, cyclones, landslides and nuclear disasters.
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