CHITRAL: A Humanitarian Facility Response Centre was inaugurated in Garam Chashma aimed at ensuring preparedness, early response and recovery in times of emergencies such as natural calamities.
The centre has been established by ACTED, an international nongovernmental organization, through funds provded by the British government.
Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Naveed Ahmed opened the centre in the presence of Ismaili Council secretary Wali Muhammad, officials from the NGO and others.
He said when government departments and civil society organizations work in coordination with each other for disaster risk reduction and community empowerment its outcome always remain highly productive and long-lasting.–Syed Nazir Hussain Shah