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Contact:
Julita Peter
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - With only three months away from the 2005
hurricane season, the Castries Central Disaster Preparedness Committee is
preparing for its official launch in April, at the Castries City Hall. Chairman
of the committee Davis Paul said the grouping would be celebrating its first
anniversary this year as an established entity.
The committee he said, is concerned not only with disaster preparedness, but
places heavy emphasis on prevention, and would be working closely with the
National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO).
“There s always the flooding in the Central Castries area; a lot of houses are
in low lying areas and prone to flooding, so we are really happy and we are
welcoming the flood mitigation program. That would assist us and that would be
preventing the whole situation whereby every rainy season, we have a major
problem within the Central Castries area”, said Mr. Paul.
The committee was expected to meet on Friday 11th to fine tune plans for an
upcoming workshop to be held next week in collaboration with NEMO. The workshop
is intended to among other things, assist with developing a comprehensive plan
for the 2005 hurricane season.
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