India hosting SAARC disaster management exercises

India will host a first-ever joint disaster management exercise with SAARC nations between November 23 and 26.This is called the South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise ( SAADMEx) due to the participation of personnels fromBangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and India.The NDRF is the nodal agency which will host the delegates and conduct joint field exercises 
Objectives of the excercise:
1. to learn best practices and skills in urban search and rescue operations. 
2. to build interoperability among SAARC member countries to undertake joint disaster response operations in cooperation with each other in these nations which are prone to natural disasters.
3. It will test the preparedness of the specialised rescue and relief workers of these nations.