The Kerala state Disaster Management authority (KSDMA) along with Indian National Centre For Ocean Information Service (Incois) is jointly organizing a tsunami-preparedness programme for select coastal villages to be certified as tsunami ready.
The programme, under the aegis of Unesco, will certify villages as tsunami ready based on community preparedness to handle the situation in the event of a tsunami. As part of the certification, the coastal village is expected to have disaster mitigation plans, maps that help in addressing and ensuring relief and rehabilitation, mock drills, awareness classes, etc. The final announcement will be made after inspection by the Unesco team.
Presently in India, only two villages in Odisha have received this recognition so far. The training programmes have begun in some of the six coastal villages identified for the purpose. As part of the project, training program, mock drill and other related programs are being conducted.