Minister of Rural Development and Local Government, Khadijah Ameen, says the Government’s flood mitigation programme has helped reduce flooding and improve disaster preparedness across the country.
Speaking during the Standing Finance Committee, Minister Ameen said disaster resilience remains a major focus of the Ministry’s work.
She reported that more than 6,000 citizens have been trained through Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), while simulation exercises have been conducted to strengthen community readiness.
“Our disaster preparedness and resilience strengthened tremendously through targeted initiatives such as our flood mitigation programme, which saw results throughout the country with less flooding reported. Our community emergency response teams were over 6,000 persons were trained with simulation exercises, equipment upgrade, and public awareness campaigns. The maintenance of our public spaces through the Upkeep of Public Spaces programme has successfully rolled out, and we will continue in the new year with expanded numbers.”