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DRRWG 2nd meet between May 23-25 in Mumbai

Mumbai, May 18 (UNI) Mumbai is hosting the 2nd Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRRWG) of G20 countries from May 23-25, 2023 and the five key priority areas that will be taken up for discussions in this meeting are early warning, resilient infrastructure, national and international response, building back better and nature-based solutions.
An official press statement on Thursday stated that,Mumbai is known to face heavy rains and water logging during monsoons. 26th July 2005 is etched in everyone’s mind when the Mumbai Metropolitan Region witnessed record rainfall and subsequent flooding leading to loss of lives and properties.
G-20 delegates attending the 2nd DRRWG meeting will be visiting the BMC’s control to see how the Mumbai Municipal Corporation has put in place tech-based solutions to deal with heavy rainfall and flooding during monsoon.
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