Governance
Odisha to be India’s first state to launch “Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS)”
Odisha is going to be India’s first state to launch “Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS)”. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik proudly announced this addressing a meeting of state-level committee on natural calamities. He said, “People will be issued disaster warnings through Siren Alert Towers in six coastal districts and other provisions will also be made, which will help us in saving the lives and properties in the face of cyclone or tsunami.” He said that the state has adopted ‘Zero Casualty’ approach for all the disasters by taking numerous disaster risk reduction and capacity building initiatives to reduce the vulnerability of the people to different disasters.
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