Govt plans to prepare districts for disasters

City authorities plan to survey 12 districts in an effort to evaluate all the communities and towns in Shanghai by 2015 for their risk of being hit by a natural disaster, according to a report on the local news portal xinmin.cn Sunday.

The Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, the Shanghai Municipal Civil Defense Office and the office of emergency management organized an event to promote disaster prevention ahead of the Day for Natural Disaster Prevention and Reduction Monday, according to the website's report.

The authorities vowed to inspect and evaluate all of the towns and communities in the city on how much risk they face falling victim to a natural disaster.

The authorities have surveyed eight districts and plan to finish the other four districts by the end of this year.

The authorities also plan to come up with emergency plans to bolster the communities' capabilities to deal with natural disasters.