A three-day international conference focused on lightning and its prevention commences today in Nepal. Approximately 100 participants, including experts from various countries, including Nepal, will convene in Lalitpur for this conference.
The inaugural ceremony, presided over by Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha, features presentations of research papers by 44 scheduled speakers, as reported by Professor Dr. Sriram Sharma, a prominent lightning expert.
Professor Dr. Sharma revealed that experts hailing from India, the United States, Brazil, France, Sweden, Israel, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and other nations will be actively participating in this conference.
This conference, scheduled to run until October 19, will extensively deliberate upon global lightning patterns, ongoing prevention efforts, and critical issues that require the attention of policymakers.
Professor Dr. Sharma emphasized that the primary objective of the conference is to inform policy decisions. Of the 44 research papers slated for presentation, 28 will originate from Nepal, a country exposed to high lightning risk.
Notably, Professor Dr. Sharma shared that Nepal ranks fourth among the countries studied in terms of lightning risk. On average, lightning-related incidents claim nearly 100 lives and result in over 300 injuries annually in Nepal.
