New Delhi | The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been signed in March 2021 on Cooperation in the field of Disaster Management, Sustainability and Mitigation between the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was conveyed. An official statement said that under this MoU, efforts will be made to establish a system whereby India and Bangladesh; Both countries will benefit from each other’s disaster management system. This will also help in strengthening the areas of preparedness, quick rescue and relief work and capacity building in the field of disaster management.
It has a number of features, including relief, rapid rescue and relief operations, reconstruction and recovery at the request of either party in the event of a serious disaster (natural or man-made) occurring in its own country. Providing support to each other includes.
Sharing of relevant information, remote sensing data and other scientific data and sharing of experience/best practices of rapid rescue and relief operations, recovery, mitigation, capacity building to ensure tolerability, etc. Doing it is also its specialty.
This will help in increasing cooperation in the field of advanced information technology, early warning systems, remote sensing and navigation services. Along with this, it will also help in enhancing mutual cooperation for gaining expertise in the field of disaster preparedness, rapid rescue and relief work and mitigation and sharing of data in real time.
This will help support the training of officers in the area of disaster management. Apart from this, it also includes conducting joint disaster management exercises bilaterally between the two countries, sharing standards, latest technology and equipment to build disaster-resilient communities.
Thereafter, exchange of publications and materials in the form of textbooks, guidelines in the field of disaster management and conducting joint research activities in the areas of disaster management, risk reduction and recovery. will help.
