to the reply given to USQ 1010 on 19.03.2005 and state :
(a) whether details regarding observance of the year 2005 as “Disaster Awareness Year†have since been worked out;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the time by which the details are likely to be worked out ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT(SHRI KAPIL SIBAL)
(a) to (c) To spread Disaster/Tsunami Awareness, the Department of Ocean Development have been funding institutions for organizing seminars/symposiums/workshops/ocean awareness programes etc. In 2005, so far Department of Ocean Development had provided funds for the following programmes :
S No. Name of Institutes / Organizations
Title of the events 1 Geological Society of India, Bangalore
International Workshop on recent Tsunami 2 Madras Development Society, Chennai International Conference on Tsunami Disaster Management & Coastal Development. 3 Indian Geophysical Union, NGRI, Hyderabad 42nd Annual Convention & Meeting on Earth System Process relate to Earthquake, Tsunami & Volcanic Eruption.