Civic leaders and students of various educational institutions on Tuesday demanded immediate enactment and enforcement of an effective disaster management law.
Speakers voiced the demand while addressing a rally after launching a 'postcard campaign' in front of the National Museum to press home their demand. The programme was arranged by the Nagarik Sanghati with the help of the Emergency Capacity Building and Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood.
Speakers said that Bangladesh was a disaster-prone country and a large part of the country's population were especially vulnerable due to dependence on natural resources, huge population, unbalanced distribution of resources, infrastructural weakness and mismanagement.
They said that nearly 30 per cent of the country's population lives under the poverty line and natural disasters have made their position more precarious.
Natural disasters have multiplied in recent years and it is now clear that Bangladesh is one of the countries that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
They demanded enactment of an effective disaster management law for the security of the lives of resources of the vulnerable people.
The rally, chaired by the general secretary of Nagarik Sanghati, was addressed by educationalist Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, also a former advisor to a caretaker government, writer Syed Abul Maqsud and Dhaka University teacher Hafizur Rahman Karzan, along with others.
Prior to the rally, Zillur Rahman Siddiqui inaugurated a 'postcard campaign' at the same place to press home the same demands. Around 200 students of various educational institutions also participated the campaign.
Postcards containing the written demand for an effective disaster management law will be sent to the prime minister, speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad, food and disaster affairs minister and the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the food and disaster affairs ministry, said the organisers.
Source: New Age
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