Cyclone Preparedness Programme is a disaster management program of the Government and
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society in Bangladesh and is located in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
,
Bangladesh
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. The program is under the management of the
.
History
The program was developed to work as an
early warning system
An early warning system is a warning system that can be implemented as a chain of information communication systems and comprises sensors, event detection and decision subsystems for early identification of hazards. They work together to for ...
in coastal Bangladesh in 1973 by President
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...
. The program has been credited with saving thousands of lives. The Indian Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the List of Prime Ministers of India, 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the List of chief ministers of Gujarat, Chief Minist ...
, called it "Global Best Practice". It has 55 thousand volunteers.
References
Government agencies of Bangladesh
1973 establishments in Bangladesh
Organisations based in Dhaka
Disasters in Bangladesh
Disaster management
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