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Get Airports Ready for Disaster programme readies facilities in India
INDIA's north east region, one of the world's most disaster-prone areas, will benefit from a disaster preparedness scheme developed by Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
"Get Airports Ready for Disaster" (GARD) aims to better prepare airports to handle the surge of incoming relief goods, should disaster strike. Guwahati International Airport in Assam has held the first GARD programme this month.
"During disasters, airports frequently become the logistical hub where relief and emergency supplies are distributed," said Jaco Cilliers, India director of UNDP, a UN agency promoting poverty reduction and gender equality.
"However, airports are often not equipped to handle the huge volumes of goods and surge traffic that follows in the immediate aftermath of any disaster," he said.
"Therefore, enhancing the preparedness of airports is vital to ensure business continuity and smooth rescue and relief efforts," said Mr Cilliers.
Said humanitarian affairs director Chris Weeks: "Through these GARD workshops, DHL is able to work together with authorities all over the world to analyse and define the capacities needed at airports in case of natural disasters.
"Leveraging our logistics expertise and partnership with UNDP, we have completed over 30 GARD workshops at airports around the world."
India's north east region is among the most seismically active region and considered as the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world," said Mr Weeks.
"Get Airports Ready for Disaster" (GARD) aims to better prepare airports to handle the surge of incoming relief goods, should disaster strike. Guwahati International Airport in Assam has held the first GARD programme this month.
"During disasters, airports frequently become the logistical hub where relief and emergency supplies are distributed," said Jaco Cilliers, India director of UNDP, a UN agency promoting poverty reduction and gender equality.
"However, airports are often not equipped to handle the huge volumes of goods and surge traffic that follows in the immediate aftermath of any disaster," he said.
"Therefore, enhancing the preparedness of airports is vital to ensure business continuity and smooth rescue and relief efforts," said Mr Cilliers.
Said humanitarian affairs director Chris Weeks: "Through these GARD workshops, DHL is able to work together with authorities all over the world to analyse and define the capacities needed at airports in case of natural disasters.
"Leveraging our logistics expertise and partnership with UNDP, we have completed over 30 GARD workshops at airports around the world."
India's north east region is among the most seismically active region and considered as the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world," said Mr Weeks.
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