Naveen Patnaik launches 122 early warning systems

The Asian Age.  | Akshaya Kumar Sahoo

India, All India

The warning dissemination system is the first of its kind automatic public address system in the nation.

Naveen Patnaik

BHUBANESWAR: On the occasion of Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day, chief minister Naveen Patnaik launched the early warning dissemination system and mass message system to provide timely information on calamity to public.

Joining the state-level programme as chief guest at Rabindra Man-dap here, Mr Patnaik offered condolences to the human lives lost in the recent landslide and heavy rains in the state. “No state in the country faces natural disasters with as much frequency as Odisha. Almost eve-ry year, we have some form of natural calamity. In spite of that, Odisha marches ahead maintaining a growth rate higher than the country’s. This exemplifies the resilience of our people and I am inspired and humbled by it,” the CM said.

The warning dissemination system is the first of its kind automatic public address system in the nation.

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