Indian cabinet approves Disaster Management MoU between Dhaka and Delhi

The Indian Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Bangladesh on cooperation in the field of Disaster Management, Resilience and Mitigation.

The MoU between the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Ministry of Home Affairs of India and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, was signed in March this year during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Modi to Bangladesh.

The deal seeks to put in place a system so that both the countries benefit from the Disaster Management mechanisms of each other, according to the Press Information Bureau of India (PIB).

It will also help in strengthening the areas of preparedness, response and capacity building in the field of Disaster Management. The MoU envisages that India and Bangladesh will extend mutual support to each other at the time of large scale disaster in the field of relief, response, reconstruction and recovery.

Both the countries will also exchange relevant information, remote sensing and other scientific data. They will also share best practices in the field of disaster response, recovery, mitigation, capacity building for ensuring resilience, etc.

According to the provisions of MoU India and Bangladesh will extend cooperation in the field of advanced information technology, early warning systems, remote sensing and navigation services and expertise for disaster preparedness, response and mitigation and more towards real time data sharing.

Support training of officials in the field of Disaster management and conduct Joint Disaster Management Exercises bilaterally between both the countries.

The two countries will share standards, latest technologies and tools for creating Disaster Resilient Communities.

The MoU envisages joint research activities in the field of Disaster management.