CURRENT AFFAIRS

2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which state government has declared that all natural calamities including unseasonal heavy rain, lightning, Loo and storm and others will be treated as state disaster in June 2016
A
Haryana
B
Odisha
C
Uttar Pradesh
D
Uttarakhand
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -NDMA is mandated to lay down the policies, plans and guidelines for Disaster Management. India envisions the development of an ethos of Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness and Response.

Detailed explanation-2: -Odisha State Disaster Management Authority is an agency of the Department of Revenue & Disaster Management whose primary purpose is to carry out responses to natural or man-made disasters and for capacity-building in disaster resiliency and crisis response.

Detailed explanation-3: -International humanitarian associations, such as the Red Cross, provide aid to disaster victims throughout the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Droughts, flash floods, cyclones, avalanches, landslides brought by torrential rains, and snowstorms pose the greatest threats.

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