Thursday, February 8, 2007

ADVANCED DISASTER WARNING SYSTEM BY 2007

An advanced disaster warning system to be developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) - National Disaster Management Support System-will be in place in a year's time.
Under this system, a database would be created about flood-prone areas and their vulnerability to other disasters banking on their past history. Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, chairman ISRO, said while participating in the Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Confernce here

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