While India being buzz of 23.4 million mobile user so why not disaster management by mobile sms. In 2006, congress passed the warning Alert and Response Network Act, required upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system.
But it is expected that participation will be voluntary and its on subscribers that he can opt out for the program. But it is not expected that people will accept news like “your home may be blown up a tsunami in front of your city”.
And the program will be added with many other facilities like special alert sound for the subscriber.
Well there will be three classes of messages- First, there’s a national alert from the president for terrorist attacks and natural disasters, then there’s imminent threats, which might include hurricanes or campus shootings. The third would be Amber alerts.
This is being planned that by 2010 government going to start this.
