Rashtrapati Bhavan organises two-day workshop on Disaster Management of Museums and Heritage Buildings

Rashtrapati Bhavan is organising a two-day workshop on Disaster Management of Museums and Heritage Buildings from today. This is being held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum in association with the National Institute of Disaster Management. The aim of the workshop is to create awareness among the officials of Rashtrapati Bhavan and other stakeholders towards disaster management with special focus on heritage buildings, museums and cultural heritage.

During the workshop, participants will learn about the various aspects of Disaster Management Act, Disaster Management framework and guidelines, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Prime Minister’s 10 Point Agenda on Disaster Risk Reduction in different sessions.

On the first day, speakers stressed about the need for awareness towards Disaster Management and imparting knowledge to train the stakeholders to mitigate the loss in the event of any disaster. They also highlighted the importance of disaster management in heritage buildings and laid emphasis on formulating effective guidelines and response mechanism for disaster management.