New Delhi: General Nirmal Chander Vij, former founder Vice Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority and Former Chief of the Army Staff, who took over as Chairperson of UNISDR ARISE FICCI Board, an all encompassing body on disaster risk management in FICCI, desired that ARISE FICCI approach to disaster risk reduction should be holistic with special emphasis on giving impetus to innovations, technology and new ideas in finding solutions to disaster risk management. He also stressed on taking up urban risk management and community based disaster management in addition to developing the capacity of the industries in managing perceived disasters.
He further said that Sendai Framework for DRR as well as outcome of Global Platform 2017, held in Mexico recognized…
