Department of Environment has formulated a draft oil spill contingency plan. The plan will be discussed with different agencies. It is going to the cabinet for approval. The draft plan suggests the government should establish a separate entity that will lead the response to future oil spills. The Department of Environment would remain the lead agency under the contingency plan as it is the sole authority to check environmental pollution in Bangladesh. The government should make the Bangladesh Coast Guard the operational entity given that is the only organisation that has the access and the capacity to work across coastal areas. Bangladesh has finally started the process. This will help the country avoid further large-scale damages and also receive cooperation from other countries in the region to jointly to tackle such accidents. In fact, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2010 among five coastal countries in South Asia – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, but the initiative is only being taken now. Countries that have already formulated their own national contingency plans to lead the work.