Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- Ministry of Defence and Urban Development issued the following news release:

The Quarter-Based Integrated Progress Review Meeting for the Disaster Management Centre, relating to the Second Quarter of 2025, was held today (30 September) at the Ministry of Defence. The meeting was co - chaired by the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) and the Director General of the Department of Project Management and Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. S.S. Mudalige.

The purpose of the meeting was to review the progress of government programs and projects implemented concerning disaster management up to 31 August 2025, to assess the challenges and to formulate necessary strategies for succ...