For the first time, two Odisha villages to get 'tsunami ready' tag

Odisha's coastline has been ravaged by colossal cyclonic storms that have pounded its coast

After drawing a profusion of accolades in dealing with cyclonic storms of rare severity, the Odisha government is preparing its 328 vulnerable villages to face the other natural disaster- tsunamis.

Two villages- Baxipali in Ganjam and Gadaharishpur of Jagatsinghpur district are set to earn the ‘tsunami ready’ tag. Both villages have qualified all the 11 parameters and are slated to get the UNICEF certificate soon.

“These two villages would be the first tsunami ready villages among 56 nations in the Indian Ocean region”, said P K Jena, additional chief secretary, rural development and managing director at Odisha State Disaster Management