To mitigate the sufferings of people during natural calamities, the Arunachal Pradesh government is planning to develop a real-time monitoring system for early warning signals of disasters in the state, said an official.
“Arunachal Pradesh is vulnerable to natural disasters and calamities like landslides, flash floods and cloudburst which are largely unpredictable,” Kumar said.
Chairing the executive meeting of the state disaster management department, Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar urged the officials to collaborate with Institutions like IIT Roorkee and others in this matter.
He further said that it is important that a real-time monitoring system should be in place for early warning signals of the upcoming disaster and to prevent loss of life and other damages.
He asked the State Disaster Management Agency (SDMA) to use technology which could detect soil movement (in case of landslide) and give out advance warning signals, official sources said. Kumar suggested that a few landslide prone locations in the state could be taken up on a trial basis.
Principal Secretary (Home) Rajeev Verma, Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Dr Sharat Chauhan, Food and Civil Supply Secretary Jokey Angu, Disaster Management (DM) Secretary Dani Sulu besides other officials were present in the meeting. (PTI)
