Government To Expand Disaster Warning System To Use TV, Radio, Railway Station For Alerts
The CAP will alert people about natural disasters, security incidents. (Representational)New Delhi: The government is planning to expand its disaster warning system Common Alert Protocol (CAP) to cover television, radio and railway stations to alert people about any natural disaster or security incidents, a senior official said on Wednesday.The Common Alert Protocol, developed by Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) for National Disaster Management Authority, will be scaled up in the second phase to even send alerts about security issues at district level like fire, landslide etc., C-DoT executive director Raj Kumar Upadhyay said.He was speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on CAP-based integrated alert systems.Mr Updadhyay said that C-DoT has completed the first phase of CAP ...