During The Tsunami mock drill thousands of people (35000) will be evacuated from coastal areas of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Gujarat and Goa.
The mock drill would facilitate to emergency services and evaluating their state of readiness to handle tsunami-like emergency situations.
The mock drill is necessary to check the management system.
The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC)
Established in Indian national Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) .
(INCOIS) is capable to detecting of tsunami genic earthquakes in 10 minutes time of their occurrence.
ITEWC will provide 15 tsunami bulletins for the stakeholders through Email, Fax, SMS and Web.