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Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day – 29 October
October 31 , 2018
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- Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day is observed every year on October 29, the day on which Super Cyclone hit Odisha in 1999 and killed more than 10,000 people.
- On the occasion, the Odisha Chief Minister has launched the Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) and the mass message system to inform people in advance of upcoming calamities.
- The EWDS system is the first of its kind automatic public address system in India to alert the people about the possible cyclone, tsunami, etc.
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