New Delhi, Aug 18(UNI) The Union Cabinet has approved the MoU on cooperation in the field of Disaster Management, Resilience and Mitigation signed between India and Bangladesh in March this year during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh.
The MoU seeks to put in place a system so that both the countries benefit from the Disaster Management mechanisms of each other. 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.