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Going beyond the usual annual pattern of providing relief to victims after the monsoon leaves a trail of destruction, the State Government has mooted long-term measures to counter the calamity. It has submitted a Rs.991.5-crore project to the Centre, besides putting in place rules on disaster management. Will this policy shift help cope with the situation better? And what more should be done to meet the challenge?

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