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But new formation, which contains military and disaster control contingents from the five signatory states, is a clear bid to rival the Western military alliance NATO's own joint operations.

In the national strategy for natural disaster control and mitigation approved by the Prime Minister in November 2007, northern and north-central areas, central coastal areas, the Mekong Delta provinces and the central highlands region will build natural disaster control programmes called Absolutely controlling floods , Actively controlling natural disasters and Living with floods .

Both the countries, he said, also signed MoU on Global Open Trunking (GoTa) for Emergency Communication and Disaster Control Management in Pakistan, promotion of international Trade and energy projects.

Bangladesh government disaster control spokesman Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman said the worst-hit areas were closest to the Indian border but deaths and damage occurred across 14 districts on the southern coast.

Millions of people have been affected by the cyclone, with half a million in shelters and another half a million forced from their homes or were marooned," a disaster control official told the Reuters news agency in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital.

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Thus, disaster control officials could not prevent oil from reaching beaches and fish farms.

The toll is going up quickly," said Ismail Mia, a duty officer at the ministry's disaster control room in Dhaka.