Govt opts for cell-phone to send early warning of disaster
Friday, 5 June 2009
The government has opted for cell-phone broadcast technology to send early warning of natural disaster to the countrymen with a view to minimising disaster risk and loss of life, reports UNB.
People living in all corners of the country, having cell-phone connectivity, will be able to get early warning about cyclone and other natural calamities, Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said Thursday.
He said the cell-phone subscribers would automatically see the alert message on the phone screen without going to any option.
Two separate memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed Thursday by the Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) with GrameenPhone (GP) and Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd to launch the pilot project.
DMB Director General Mohammad Forhad Uddin, Chief Corporate Officer of GP Raihan Samsi and Teletalk Managing Director Mojibur Rahman signed the MoUs for their respective sides.
After the signing ceremony at the conference room of Food and Disaster Management Ministry, Minister Razzaque said this service would initially be available for the people of Cox's Bazar and Sirajganj districts who are the subscribers of GP and Teletalk.
People living in all corners of the country, having cell-phone connectivity, will be able to get early warning about cyclone and other natural calamities, Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said Thursday.
He said the cell-phone subscribers would automatically see the alert message on the phone screen without going to any option.
Two separate memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed Thursday by the Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) with GrameenPhone (GP) and Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd to launch the pilot project.
DMB Director General Mohammad Forhad Uddin, Chief Corporate Officer of GP Raihan Samsi and Teletalk Managing Director Mojibur Rahman signed the MoUs for their respective sides.
After the signing ceremony at the conference room of Food and Disaster Management Ministry, Minister Razzaque said this service would initially be available for the people of Cox's Bazar and Sirajganj districts who are the subscribers of GP and Teletalk.