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National Workshop on Urban Earthquake Risk Reduction in the Country

A one day workshop on National Workshop on Urban Earthquake Risk Reduction in the Country was hosted by IIITH on 10 January to sensitize city officials towards earthquake risk reduction in concerned cities. Earlier NDMA conducted a pilot study on Earthquake disaster risk indexof 50 cities and 1 district through IIITH. The cities were selected based on population density, housing threat factor and cities identified by the government of India as smart cities. Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Meerut, Mathura, Moradabad and Bareily were part of this project.