Gul Hamad Farooqi
Chitral
World Disaster Reduction Day was observed at Chitral. In this regard, a simple but prompt ceremony was held at Chitral University in which Malik Amin Aslam, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Climate Change and Environment, also planted a sapling in the university lawn. Experts expressed their views at a function held at the University Hall on this occasion of World Disaster Reduction Day. Additional Deputy Commissioner on Disaster Abdul Wali Khan was the chief guest on the occasion. The project director Prof. Dr. Badshah Munir Bukhari presided over the function.
Speaking on the occasion, experts said that in most of the natural calamities, man is involved and he harms the surrounding environment with his own hand. The event was sponsored by the GLOF 2 project. (Glacial Lake outburst Flood) Addressing to the function, the experts said that Chitral is one of the red zones where there is a constant risk of large scale earthquakes.
