Early Warning Systems
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Tsunami warning equipment set to arrive from US : New Delhi, Aug. 25:
Three years after the Tsunami had struck havoc in southern and eastern
parts of the country, Meteorological Department has navigated its way
through a maze of bureaucratic and procedural delay to acquire the
state-of-the-art seismic detection equipment that will help in timely
warning about the killer waves. Seismic broadband meters for early
detection of earthquake, communication equipment for data transmission
and connectivity through V-Sat, super computers for data processing are
some of the hi-tech equipment worth about Rs 11 crore being procured
from the US. "The orders have been placed and the equipment would be
delivered and installed at 17 centres in the country next month," RC
Bhatia, Director General of Indian Meterological Department (IMD), told PTI.