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Summary

This presentation was delivered by Professor Dr. Jiba Raj Pokharel on the second day of the NCDRR, focusing on Indigenous Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction. The presentation primarily discusses the construction of ponds to reduce flood risks in hilly regions, earthquake-dampening techniques, and the indigenous methods of building houses.

It further talks about the history of flood and the practices for its prevention in ancient times, land pooling and river flood management, flood-resistant designs, and using indigenous practices such as the construction of ponds as preventive measures of flood.