Emergency Preparedness and Coordination Meeting for upcoming South-West Monsoon, 2018 was conducted with the meteorological forecast, as expecting the on-set of the south-west monsoon by the mid of May 2018.

Recalling the memories of past two years of the SW monsoon season, the impacts are overwhelming and a major challenge to manage these events the Disaster Management Centre with the guidance of the Ministry of Disaster Management was bring adequate efforts for better preparedness and also inform all stakeholders to be ready for impending disastrous situation during the monsoon period. Senior official of major stakeholder agencies discuss the monsoon outlook, potential impact and response preparedness. Key sector agencies present their level of preparedness for better response and relief capabilities to mitigate the potential impact of disasters.