March 03, 2025 02:14 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Crucial to have Trump’s support, says Zelenskyy a day after fiery White House exchange | 'We're looking for peace, Zelenskyy wants Russia-Ukraine war to continue': Donald Trump after White House public spat | Volodymyr Zelenskyy refuses to apologise to Donald Trump after public spat over Russia-Ukraine war | 'Make a deal or we are out': Donald Trump tells Volodymyr Zelenskyy at White House | Himachal govt seeks fund from temple to support welfare schemes, BJP calls move 'shocking' | Injustice to opposition MLAs: Atishi writes to Delhi Assembly Speaker on suspension of 21 AAP lawmakers | We will leave for US tomorrow: Father of Indian student Neelam Shinde after urgent visa grant | 'Not joining BJP or floating any party': Abhishek Banerjee dismisses rumours of his split from TMC | Pune bus rape accused arrested after 75-hour manhunt | Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey appointed as new SEBI chief
PM Modi
Image credit: Press Information Bureau

Making infrastructure resilient, we prevent disasters for future generations: PM Modi

| @indiablooms | May 05, 2022, at 01:40 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister  Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure via video message on Wednesday.

The session was also addressed by Australian PM Scott Morrison, Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Japan PM Fumio Kishida, and  Andry Nirina Rajoelina, President of Madagascar.

At the outset, PM Modi reminded the gathering that the solemn promise of the Sustainable Development Goals is to leave no one behind.

"That is why, we remain committed to meeting the needs of the poorest and the most vulnerable by building the next generation infrastructure to realize their aspirations”, he said. The Prime Minister said that infrastructure is about people and providing them high quality, dependable, and sustainable services in an equitable manner. "People must be at the heart of any infrastructure growth story. And, that is exactly what we in India are doing”, he said.

As India is scaling up the provision of fundamental services in India in the areas of education, health, drinking water, sanitation, electricity, transport and much more, said the Prime Minister.

"We are also tackling climate change in a very direct way. That is why, at COP-26 we have committed to attaining 'Net Zero' by 2070, in parallel with our developmental efforts,” he said.

The Prime Minister talked about the importance of infrastructure in unleashing the human potential and said that damage to infrastructure leads to lasting damage for generations.

In this context, Modi asked, "with modern technology and knowledge at our disposal, can we create resilient infrastructure that is built to last?”

Recognition of this challenge underpins the creation of the CDRI, he said.

He also noted that the coalition has expanded and made valuable contributions. He mentioned the initiative on 'Infrastructure for the Resilient Island States' that was launched at COP-26 and CDRI's work on Resilient Airports studying 150 airports around the world.

The 'Global Assessment of Disaster Resilience of Infrastructure Systems' that is being led by CDRI will help create global knowledge that would be immensely valuable, Modi informed.

The Prime Minister said that in order to make our future resilient we have to work towards a 'Resilient Infrastructure Transition'.

"Resilient infrastructure can also be the centrepiece of our wider adaptation efforts. If we make infrastructure resilient, we prevent disasters not only for ourselves but for many future generations," he added.
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.