UNESCO IOC Recognition to Odisha Communities as Tsunami Ready communities Odisha 1st State in whole of Indian Ocean Region to get this honours Odisha Breaking News

Cuttack | Thursday | 6th August, 2020

Summary:

The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC), INCOIS is the nodal agency to provide tsunami advisories to India. INCOIS is also providing tsunami advisories to Indian Ocean region (25 countries) as a Tsunami Service Providers as the responsibility assigned by IOC-UNESCO. With this recognition, India is the first country to implement Tsunami Ready in the Indian Ocean Region and Odisha is the first state. Sarma, Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Govt. ), INCOIS Officials, etc..