Some of the key recommendations made by LIRNEasia in the National Early Warning System (NEWS:SL) concept paper are now being picked up by policymakers and the media in Sri Lanka as can be read in this new report by the Lanka Business Online:
On Tuesday, Sri Lankan legislators called for a single body to issue warnings on potential natural diasters
This is one of the key recommendations that LIRNEasia made in its paper ( NEWS:SL section 2.12, page 18).
Mr. Newton Gunaratne head of the state-run Independent Television Network said:
“We could not find any authority who was willing to say it was safe for people to go back, that is why we need a centralised system from where authoritative information can be obtained.”
LIRNEasia recommended that a well-designed warning…
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