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- Ministry of Earth Sciences launched 'Sagar Vani' system to communicate and help the coastal community, especially fishermen, with advisories and warnings related to the safety at sea.
- The Integrated Information Dissemination System (IDS) 'Sagar Vani', a first in India, was launched as the Minister inaugurated the 11th Foundation Day of Earth Sciences Ministry.
- 'Sagar Vani' seeks to target the reach of information to the 9.27 lakh people involved in actual fishing either full or part time. The system that can send information in regional languages through various platforms including radio, television, voice calling, text service, social media, mobile apps and e-mail aims at timely dissemination of ocean information and advisory services that includes Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) advisories, Ocean State Forecast (OSF), High Wave Alerts and Tsunami early warnings.
- The advanced system has been developed by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).
