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Sikkim gets Sensor-based ‘Landslide warning system’

September 26 , 2018 2252 days 955 0
  • Sikkim has got the Country’s 2nd Sensor-based ‘Landslide warning system’.
  • The new system can issue landslide warning in 24 hours advance.
  • It was developed by scientists of the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita University) which is headquartered in Coimbatore.
  • This Initiative of the Sikkim Disaster Management Authority was co-funded by the Union ministry of earth sciences.
  • The first such system was deployed by the University in Western Ghats in Kerala's Munnar district in 2009 which was a huge success.

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