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‘Sachet’ App
Context
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address, urged people to use the ‘Sachet’ mobile app, launched by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), which helps in getting a headstart on escaping natural disasters.
What is the ‘Sachet’ app?
- The Sachet mobile application provides real-time geo-tagged early warning alertsof disasters.
- Key-features:
- It functions on common alert based protocol (CAP) and provides information based on current location. Users can subscribe to any state/district in India to receive alert notifications.
- CAP is an international standard format for emergency alerts, designed to ensure that warnings can be consistently structured and disseminated across various platforms and technologies, enhancing interoperability.
- Sachet will alert users in case of “flood, cyclone, land-slide, tsunami, forest fire, avalanche, storm, hurricane or lightning”.
- Furthermore, the app also provides weather reports and forecasts from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for day to day weather updates.
- The app can be operated across 12 Indian languages
- It also provides various useful resources such as Dos & Don'ts, helpline numbers, alert affected area and satellite receiver connectivity feature.
- It functions on common alert based protocol (CAP) and provides information based on current location. Users can subscribe to any state/district in India to receive alert notifications.
- Implementing Agency: The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the Government of India’s Research & Development Telecom Technology Centre, serves as the pan-India implementation partner for Phase 1 of the Sachet project.
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