Speakers in a function here today said early or advanced preparedness helps the people of flood prone areas reducetheir loss of lives and properties during the emergency.

“ If the people flood prone areas are not made aware about early preparedness , the amount of loss and damage caused by the disaster  would be high and their sorrows of the victims would know no bound.

So, it is our foremost duty to bring the people under early preparedness activity to help them reduce loss of lives and properties  and save them from the untold sufferings”, they also said.

They made the comments while they were addressing a district level post learning sharing meeting held at the conference room of the deputy commissioner (DC) of the town here this noon.

GanaUnnayan Kendra (GUK), a Gaibandha base non-government organization, arranged the function under the project of Anticipatory Action to Vulnerable Households in Flood Prone Areas of Jamuna River Basin Bangladesh funded by World Food program on Tuesday evening.

ADC-ICT and human resources Management Sharmin Akhter attended the function and addressed it as the chief guest and assistant commissioners and executive magistrates of the district administration Mostafizur Rahman and SukantuKundu spoke at the function as the invited guest of honor.

District relief and rehabilitation officer Md. Shafiqur Rahman addressed the function among others.

The speakers in their speeches underscored the need for conducting awareness activity to the people of flood prone areas to reduce amount of losses of lives and properties.

Executive chief of GUK Abdus Salam said the organization had been implementing the project in four upazilas of the district with the financial support of WFP with a view to reducing disaster risk, pre, during and post disaster period.

Financial support of TK 8 crore, 27 lac and 75 thousand had been given to 16, 555 flood affected families through mobile accounts during the last flood period to mitigate their sufferings, he also said.

Apart from it, 90 information and 3 billboards had been set up at important places of the district side by side with conducting awareness program regarding flood under the project, he added.

Rafika Begum, a beneficiary of the project, expressed her gratefulness to WFP and GUK for standing beside her with cash support during the flood.

A number of staff, beneficiaries, public representatives and journalists took part in the program.