Department of Disaster Management Safe, Resilient and Happy Bhutan

Thimphu, 23rd May, 2013: The Grant Agreement for the “PHRD Grant for Improving Resilience to Seismic Risk” was signed today between Mr. Om Bhandari, Acting Representative to Bhutan, The World Bank and Mr. Lam Dorji, Finance Secretary in Thimphu. Under the Grant Agreement, the Royal Government of Bhutan will receive …

Following the 24th June 2012 catastrophic fire Disaster of Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, the Department of Disaster Management under MoHCA had an emergency meeting on 26th June 2012 and came up with the Proposal to conduct Disaster Preparedness and Sensitization Training program on Dzong Fire Safety, targeting all the Dzongs and …