Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharitha inaugurated Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) which sends alerts about natural disasters. During her speech, she said that Andhra Pradesh is the second state in the country to be equipped with an advanced mechanism of the early warning system.
She further added, during natural calamities like floods, cyclones and lightning strikes, the early warning system will help in shifting people to safer places and minimizing loss of human lives. “Using technology during hard times is always recommended and also benefits in the progress of the state economy,” she said. The EWDS has been enabled in 76 ”mandals” or blocks, 16 fish landing centers and eight tourism destinations in all nine coastal districts of the state.
