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TN SMART (Tamil Nadu System for Multi-Hazard Potential Impact
Assessment and Emergency Response Tracking), a web-based system to strengthen preparedness, response, and mitigation
measures for multiple hazards such as Flood, Cyclone and Tsunami, Lightning, etc, was launched by Tamil Nadu on October 26, 2018.
The system has been developed jointly by the Department of Revenue Administration and Disaster Management, Government of Tamil Nadu and
Tamil Nadu Disaster Management Authority with support from RIMES Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System (RIMES), Thailand, in a record
time of one year.
One of the significant
aspects of the system is the fact that it is aligned with priority areas set
forth in Global Frameworks (the Sendai Framework, World MeteorologicalOrganization’s Global Framework for Climate Services and SustainableDevelopment Goals) as well as Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management PerspectivePlan 2018-2030.
TN-SMART also has a mobile application which can
give access to observed rainfall data for all available rainfall stations, weather
forecast and likely flooding in identified vulnerable areas. This application
sends alerts to field-level functionaries and tracks the action taken by them
on the same. Citizens too can send distress messages to the system, which are
then forwarded to concerned officers for action. This mobile application has a
unique alarm system that can send an alarm, even if mobiles are in silent mode.
The alarm stops ringing only after the alert has been viewed.
A diasggregated database of
such calls (location of user, type of emergency, etc.), legacy data on
vulnerable areas, vulnerable communities, disaster damage and crticical
infrastructure such as hospitals, relief centres, etc. aids policymaking.
TN-SMART also uses data
analytics to arrive at different thresholds, which, in turn, are used for
arriving at specific advisories.
The system thus caters to policymakers, operational
users as well as the communities. It helps policymakers prioritise Disaster
Risk Reduction, operational users understand risk patterns, identify risk
locations, vulnerable populations and plan the deployment of response teams and
materials. The system empowers communities by helping them avoid risk by preemptive
evacuation thus improving resilience.
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In the Vulnerability forecast,
ReplyDeleteA. whether CWC Level Forecast issued for River Cauvery at Kodumudi (Erode Dt), Musiri (Thiruchirapalli Dt) and River Bhavani at Savandapur (Erode District) and River Vaigai at Madurai City can be included.
B. Same way whether inflow forecasts for dams 1. Mettur, 2. Bhavanisagar, 3. Upper Anicut, 4. Grand Anicut, 5. Kodaganar Dam in Cauvery Basin 6. Vaigai Dam in Vaigai Basin, 7. Sathanur Dam in Ponnaiyar Basin, 8. Gomukhi Dam, 9. Wellington Dam in Vellar Basin, 10 Poondi Satyamurthi Reservoir and 11. Chembarampakkam Lake in and around Chennai City can also be included in TN Smart
Dear sir/madam,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your valuable suggestions.
A. It comes under Disaster alerts category in TNSMART, further it is communicated to respective districts on mentioned date. If we get threat level for every reservoir and river from CWC we are ready to integrate it.
B. We are updating daily reservoir level for 22 major dams based on data from PWD. In the next level we are planning for inflow forecast, etc
We will be providing these information on flood forecast for the 15 FF stations mentioned above during the period 1st June to 31st December. We will be sending our Daily Flood Bulletin which contains the water level and its trend and in case if the water level or inflow is above threshold a flood forecast will be issued. These information can be shared through e-mail, if any e-mail address is given.
DeleteDear Sir/Madam,
DeletePlease communicate for further integration and flood forecast information to the following e-mails yuvaraj@rimes.int, sa.tnsdma@gmail.com and tnstateeoc@gmail.com
Thanks & Regards
Yuvaraj
Thanks sir. We will inform our concerned Divisional Flood Control Rooms in Chennai and Coimbatore to include the mailing addresses
DeleteThanks & regards
S Lakshminarayanan
Deputy Director
Flood Forecast Monitoring Directorate
Central Water Commission
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
DeleteThank you very much, we will coordinate and disseminate the flood alerts of CWC through TNSMART.