Current Context: 5th ICDRI 2023 is an annual international conference and platform to continue building an engaged global community for disaster and climate resilient infrastructure.
- Recently through a video message, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered a speech at the 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) 2023.
- The Prime Minister emphasized the significance of CDRI’s work and its relevance, particularly in light of the recent disasters such as the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, which were of significant scale and intensity.
- The Prime Minister expressed that the concept of CDRI emerged from a global perspective that recognizes the far-reaching consequences of disasters in an interconnected world.
- He emphasized that our approach towards such incidents must be comprehensive rather than fragmented, promoting an integrated response. He also informed that the CDRI has been included in several working groups
