Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the National Disaster Management Authority today approved an outlay of more than 5 hundred crore rupees for the National Project for strengthening Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions.
The Ministry said, the project will be implemented across 20 States and will cover 81 disaster-prone districts with 20 Gram Panchayats each. It added that the initiative seeks to integrate disaster risk reduction into local governance through a bottom-up approach, positioning Panchayati Raj Institutions as the backbone of disaster preparedness, mitigation and resilience at the grassroots level. The Ministry further said, these model gram panchayats will serve as demonstrative templates for integrating disaster resilience into planning, infrastructure and community preparedness.
