PANJIM: A false alarm regarding tsunami from the Disaster Management Authority’s Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim due to a technical snag created panic among people on Wednesday evening.
The message: “Tsunami alert, keep away from the beach,” was broadcasted from the system on a loudspeaker along with a blinking red light alert and a siren.
However, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) clarified that no tsunami alert was issued by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) and urged the people not to panic.
The specialised force is constituted for the purpose of special response to a threatening disaster, said.
In a statement it said, “There have been certain news reports of the siren at the Early Warning Dissemination System Tower at Porvorim blowing and giving a tsunami alert. It is to clarify that no such alert of tsunami is issued by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS). The citizens are requested not to panic.”
