"Persons with disabilities are more vulnerable to disaster impacts due to the physical conditions and social environment and they are often left out or invisible in the entire cycle of disaster risk reduction and response at the community level. This is an area where we all need to look at and work together to ensure that no one is left out," said Debabrata Pal, Additional Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, as reported by OrissaDiary.com.
Pal talked about the project 'Make Community Based Disaster Risk Management Inclusive in South Asia', whose objective is to reduce the vulnerability of Indian populations living in areas most affected by natural disasters by increasing the awareness and the response capacities of local communities to potential and frequent natural disasters and to reduce the effects on the most vulnerable.