Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 -- The official Validation and Finalisation Workshop for the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) on the impact of Cyclone Ditwah was held yesterday (9) at the BMICH, chaired by Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd).

The workshop marked a key milestone in Sri Lanka's post-disaster recovery process, bringing together stakeholders to finalise assessments and guide coordinated recovery and reconstruction efforts. Since the PDNA process began in November (2025), technical teams have worked to quantify the disaster's impact, and the workshop provided a platform to validate and refine these findings ahead of the final PDNA report.Sri Lanka travel guide

Making the keynote address, the Defence Secreta...