Sh. AK Chaudhry, Chief Secretary, Bihar on 13th November 2006, inaugurated a web portal for Disaster Management. The portal has been designed, developed & hosted by NIC, Bihar at http://disastermgmt.bih.nic.in. The Secretary, dept. of Disaster Management explained that the web portal will contain all disaster management related activities carried out by the department as well as the scope of various Disaster Risk Management Programmes along with dissemination of useful information, in general for the people of Bihar. The objective behind the Portal is to help in reducing the loss of life and property caused by natural hazards and calamities. The Chief Secretary particularly emphasized to ensure that the site makes people aware of the dos and don’ts during earthquake, as Bihar lies in the risk-4 zone. He praised the efforts of Dr. Saurabh Gupta, STD & SIO Bihar, along with his team for the visionary consultation on various strategies for a coordinated Disaster Risk Management program during the development of the web site.