Hyderabad: An international symposium on new technologies for urban safety of mega cities was inaugurated at IIIT, Hyderabad today by MD, HMRL Mr NVS Reddy and Prof Kimiro Meguro of University of Tokyo.
The symposium which is being jointly held by IIIT and University of Tokyo for the next three days is attended by experts and students of different disciplines of engineering & disaster management from several countries.
Inaugurating the symposium, Mr NVS Reddy said, “Each mega city is bigger than many countries in terms of population, skill sets and wealth and that it is absolutely essential to safeguard cities from natural and manmade disasters”.
Giving an overview of the innovative features of Hyderabad Metro, he explained as to how cutting edge technologies are being made use of for safety in Hyderabad Metro from natural disasters like earthquakes and fire; and manmade disasters like terrorist attacks, bomb blasts, sabotage, release of chemical & biological gases, stampede etc. He advised the delegates to use their technical knowledge, analyse various types of disasters and come up with actionable solutions.
Prof Kimiro Meguro explained various earthquake proof low cost houses that he has developed for earthquake & tsunami prone regions through a ppt presentation.
