Ahmedabad, Oct 12: The Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) has been awarded United Nation's (UN) `Sasakawa award-2003' for exemplary work in the field of disaster management and risk reduction. GSDMA has been awarded the `certificate of merit' instituted by international strategy for disaster reduction, a wing of UN, working in the field of disaster management, mitigation and risk reduction, an official release said here today.
A jury comprising representatives from five continents had selected winners for the award, it added.
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