Yesterday, it was reported that users in the Delhi region received “Extremely Severe Alerts” SMS messages and it is actually the part of the emergency alert system run by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
The authorities have announced that this ‘Test Message’ was a part of a newly developed Indigenous Cell Broadcast System run by the Government of India and it is currently testing across the country.
It is said that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Government of India, is actively enhancing a mobile-based disaster communication system in the country to make sure the timely dissemination of critical information to all citizens.
NDMA has successfully operationalised the Integrated Alert System (SACHET), developed by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), and the system is actually based on the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). It is also confirmed that the same is currently operational across all 36 States and Union Territories of the country and offering disaster and management-related alerts via SMS to mobile users within geo-targeted areas.
