Kathmandu, January 16
Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has said strong infrastructures are essential to reduce the losses caused by disasters such as an earthquake.
Speaking at a function organised on the occasion of National Earthquake Safety Day in Kathmandu on Thursday, the minister said the government was preparing to draft and implement necessary laws to ensure strong infrastructures.
Likewise, Thapa said awareness programmes should reach the grassroots to save people from the destruction. He assured that the government would launch programmes in that regard also.
