MHA to conduct Multi State Mega Mock Tsunami Exercise today

The Ministry of Home Affairs will conduct a multi-State mega mock exercise on tsunami preparedness today. The Ministry with the help of the National Disaster Management Authority, NDMA and the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services will conduct the exercise simultaneously in 31 coastal districts across four States - West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu - and Union Territory Puducherry along



with the entire East Coast. 

The participants from 11 Pacific Island countries will observe the entire exercise to take away key lessons and best practices to be adopted while preparing for and responding to a disaster situation. The exercise is one of the various activities planned on the occasion of the 2nd World Tsunami Awareness Day held on November 5 this year.