Date:12/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/12/stories/2008071252330300.htm

Karnataka

Rs. 1 crore to set up tsunami forecast centre at Karwar

Correspondent

SIRSI: A sum of Rs. 1 crore has been granted to set up a tsunami forecast centre at Karwar, Indian National Ocean Information Centre officer K.V. Radhakrishna said in a press release on Friday.

An electronic floating apparatus and a device that measures ocean currents, set up in the sea, would send information about tsunami to a satellite, he said and added that the satellite message would be received at the information centre at the Fishermen’s Association office in Karwar.

Workshop

Information about the device would be given to fishermen’s representatives in Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada through a workshop, he added.