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Disaster Management Act 2017

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The Disaster Management Act establishes the policies to ensure an operational organisation to face disasters such as  firefighting,flooding, deforestation and destruction of physical infrastructure.

The act provides the followinf goals: 1) to assess the potential impact of natural disasters, to identify the location of the threat, to map the level of risk and crisis; 2) to transmit or develop a system for early warning systems; 3) to have a common public role in conducting emergency search, rescue and rescue operations; 4) to conduct public awareness activities related to the development of the country, etc. 

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