Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched an early warning dissemination system and a mass message system to provide timely information on calamity to people.
The two systems were opened on the occasion of Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day observed at Rabindra Mandap here. He mourned deaths of people in the recent landslide and heavy rains during the Cyclone Titli.
“No State in the country faces natural disaster as much as Odisha does. Almost every year, we have some form of natural calamity. In spite of that Odisha is marching ahead in terms of growth rate, which has remained higher than the country’s. This exemplifies the resilience of our people and I am inspired and humbled by it,” the Chief Minister said.
The early warning dissemination system, which was inaugurated on the day, is the first-of-itsi-kind automatic public address system in the country.
It would help the State to warn proiple residing along the coast from through loud sirens from towers installed at 122 locations in the event of the occurrence of natural disasters like cyclone. The alert siren system would be heard to nearby tourist places, fish landing centres and entire coastal habitations.