The Ministry of Home Affairs through National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has conducted a multi-state mega mock exercise on tsunami preparedness.
The exercise was simultaneously conducted in 31 coastal districts across four States – West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (UT) along entire East Coast.
It was for first time entire eastern coast will participate simultaneously in mock exercise.
The exercise is one of the various activities planned on the occasion of the 2nd World Tsunami Awareness Day, observed on November 5.