Staff Reporter

Experts and representatives of the civil society urged the government to construct sufficient number of cyclone centres and embankments in the coastal regions and ensure maintenance of these to reduce the risk of disaster in the country.
They also urged the Government to organise discussions on climate change and implement its recommendations and set up community-based radio stations to reduce the impact of natural calamities on life and property.
They underscored the need for increasing defence and rehabilitation budgets and plantation of the trees, which can protect soil from erosion like coconut and plum trees. [Read more]