Section 16(1) in Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003
(1)The Authority shall promote or cause to be promoted awareness and preparedness and advise and train the community, and stakeholders with a view to increasing capacity of the community and stakeholders to deal with potential disasters by-(a)publishing guidelines and recommendations in this behalf;(b)facilitating access to its electronic database;(c)promoting disaster management capacity building and training programs amongst communities and other stakeholders;(d)assisting in the development of methodologies for reduction of vulnerability of disasters;(e)coordinating the integration of methodologies for awareness and such other activities; and(f)acting in any other manner as it deems fit in this behalf.
