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National Civil Defense Council affirms the need for preparations for the rainy season
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Apr 7, 2011 - 7:16:54 AM
National Civil Defense Council affirms the need for
preparations for the rainy season
Khartoum, April 6 (SUNA) - The 28th Session of the
National Civil Defence Council, chaired by Minister of Interior Eng. Ibrahim
Mahmoud Hamid, Wednesday stressed the need for preparations to get ready for the
fall season, commending the experience of the previous years in warding off the
impacts of torrential rains and floods in 2010 compared to the previous years
The Members of the Council called in their interventions to speed up
funding of projects put forward to address the impacts of the floods and rains
in 2011, about 59 million SDG, including channeling rainwater for harvest,
purchase of machinery and drawing of detailed contour maps of all the States
The Council further stressed the role of the citizens through mass media
as well as encouraging quick response in the time of disasters as well as
establishing teams from the concerned Ministries to be trained in management of
disasters
The National Civil Defence Council further called on the States to
allocate budgets for warding off the impacts of floods by providing
accommodation materials and water pumps and recommended dispatching of teams to
the States to verify the preparations and the requirements
It is to be noted that the Council heard to a report by the Director of
the Civil Defence Department, Eng. Hamadnallah Adam about the rainy season of
the last year, highlighting the loss in all the States, as well as the plan for
the year 2011. The report proposed a budget of 122, 2 million Sudanese pounds to
ward off the impacts of flood
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