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Amid disasters like the 1999 super cyclone and cyclones Phaillin and Hudhud, the Indian state of Odisha has continuously developed and refined its risk management practices, spurring the creation of its Disaster Management Act and National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project. But the losses sustained from recent cyclones indicate that the government must do more.
The earthquake-warning system developed by the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) to provide advance warning on seismic activities has bagged two national awards for innovation. The system is a smart framework consisting of a central control unit and geographically distributed seismic sensing nodes.
The Tribune reports on the announcement of a week-long disaster management awareness campaign to be launched in all districts of New Delhi. It goes on to cite current examples of retrofitting to quake-resistant norms and introducing disaster management in school curricula...