India to host 1st SAADMEx-2015 in Delhi from today

India will host the first South Asian Annual Disaster Management exercise, SAADMEx-2015 in New Delhi from today. It will provide a platform for strengthening Regional Disaster Response Mechanism amongst the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, SAARC countries.

Home Ministry said, in a release, that the main focus of SAADMEx is to test coordination efforts, create synergy and synchronize efforts to institutionalize Regional Cooperation on



Disaster Response among the member countries.

It said, SAARC Nations, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will participate in this exercise. The aim of the Regional workshop is to provide a platform to member countries for sharing best practices in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction, experience sharing on Nepal Earthquake of April, 2015 as well as deliberating upon the outcomes of the SAADMEx.