Disaster preparation programme handed over to Selangor government

Tohoku University professor Takako Izumi (front, left) handing over the Sedar programme to Mohd Najwan. — LOW BOON TAT/The Star

THE Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programme, also known as Sedar, has been handed over to the Selangor government.

Prior to the handover, Sedar was a collaborative effort by the Selangor Disaster Management Unit (SDMU) and the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Centre (DPPC) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, the Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM), and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) under Tohoku University, Japan.