"Community participation is the cornerstone of effective disaster management". Analyse this statement with suitable examples from India. Also discuss the challenges to community participation and measures to strengthen it.

Exact Syllabus Pointer

Disaster preparedness, NDMA guidelines, disaster risk reduction (DRR), Sendai framework, floods, urban heat islands, earthquakes, landslides.

Connected Questions Across All Papers

Discovered through overlapping concepts: Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM), Aapda Mitra Scheme, Local Resilience & First Responders

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