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Tsunami warning system for 30 hamlets

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Preliminary work on wireless link for villages has started, says Collector

NAGAPATTINAM: The Disaster Mitigation and Management Department of the State Government had decided to set up early tsunami warning system in 30 hamlets on the 188-km long coastline of Nagapattinam district and preliminary work had started, said Collector Tenkasi S. Jawahar here on Friday.

Addressing district level officers including police and fire service personnel, the Collector said that the warning system would be implemented at a cost of Rs.10 crore with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) support.

The Collector said that in the first phase all the 30 selected coastal hamlets would be provided with wireless system that would be connected to the emergency operation centre of the district Disaster Mitigation and Management Department in the Collectorate.

In case of an emergency, the district administration, after receiving the information, would pass it on to the rest of coastal villages.

Mr. Jawahar said that the link with the district emergency operation centre would be completed in a month.

Satellite linking of these villages will be taken up later.

He said that the State Government had decided to provide the warning system in the four coastal districts of Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari and Tiruvallur with UNDP assistance.

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