Guwahati: In line with the guarantee given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to utilize the latest technology to minimize the risks in the vulnerable northeast, IIT-Guwahati (IIT-G) has launched the Center for Research and Disaster Research (CDMR).
Modi, in his speech sent during the 2020 IIT-G meeting, has asked the Institute to build a disaster management center and risk reduction that will help northeast countries effectively manage various natural and industrial disasters.
Assam and the Ne region are located in the V zone, the area that is most active seismically.
This new facility was inaugurated during the seventh edition of the prestigious Quadrennial International Conference on the recent progress in the Geotechnical Earthquish Engineering and Dynamics of Land (Icragee) conducted from July 12 to 15.
Minister of Minister of Justice Himanta Buswa Sarma has inaugurated the CDMR in the Premier Technology Institute here in front of Prof.
RK Bhandari, former Director, Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Prof.
Tg Sitharam, Director of IIT-G, Faculty Member, Researchers and several national level experts and national experts international from all over the world.
Congratulations IIT-G, the minister’s chief notes that developing a university network to work on disaster problems is one of the main objectives of the 10 points of the Prime Minister at Disaster Risk Reduction.
He dedicated the center of Assam and Northeast.
“I congratulate Prof.
TG Sitharam and the Head of the Founding of this new center, Prof.
Sudip Mitra, for a quick implementation of the PM vision and started the academic program with full enthusiasm,” Sarma said.
Overcoming Icragee, Prof.
Sitharam said, “The government has encouraged mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in public expenditure, especially in infrastructure development that has become a top priority since the prime minister launched the agenda of 10 points,” Sitharam said.
While this initiative is for the development of northeast India which has long matured, a spokesman for IIT-G said many infrastructure projects such as roads, trains, bridges and airports have been taken.
Thus, he said, making a center like that is a must to work with disaster management agencies.
“Many connectivity projects are being completed in the Northeast, as before.
Ne countries are among the most likely to disasters, it is very important to ensure reducing infrastructure losses from disasters, including extreme climates,” he added.
Prof.
Sitharam urged CDMR and the State Disaster Management Authority of Assam (ASMDA) to collaborate closely for the development of the state and build networks with various institutions in all regions to address disaster risk reduction issues.