Re: (no subject)

NDRF is using only 6 working Sat phones at the moment for the rescue
operations, out of the 208 sanctioned ones, it seems.

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/06/21/disaster-force-no-helicopters-few-sat-phones/
http://ndrfandcd.gov.in/writereaddata/userfiles/file/LIST%20OF%20NDRF%20EQPT.pdf

"A document on the NDRF website states that the home ministry has
sanctioned 208 satellite phones for the force, but it is unclear how many
of these have been delivered. According to Mr. Rathore of the NDRF, the
force is using six satellite phones in the rescue operation at the moment."

Best,
Manish



On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Vickram Crishna <v1clist-/[email protected]>wrote:

> Only Thuraya phones whose satellite lock codes have been shared with GoI
> are banned. Other phones, held by politicians and cricket betters and
> bookies, are perfectly ok. Naturally, they can't be risked in flood areas.
>
> Vickram
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>  ------------------------------
> * From: * sajan venniyoor <[email protected]>;
> * To: * india-gii@india-gii org <[email protected]>;
> * Subject: * Re: [india-gii] (no subject)
> * Sent: * Thu, Jun 20, 2013 1:41:31 PM
>
>   On 20 June 2013 15:12, Vickram Crishna <v1clist-/[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> When disaster strikes, the need of the hour is what can be done now.
>> Together with food, medicine, airlifts etc, a key ingredient is quick and
>> dirty communications.
>>
>
> During the Kosi floods of 2008, the Community Radio Forum had -- with the
> backing of UNESCO and UNICEF -- proposed setting up emergency radio
> stations in the worst affected areas. This was done on the reasonable
> assumption that low-power FM stations are cheap and easy to set up, and
> that someone somewhere always has a battery operated transistor radio. Or
> FM-enabled mobile phone.
>
> The proposal was turned down. Actually, they sent the file to six separate
> ministries, except possibly the Ministry of Textiles. One of the government
> worthies whose approval was required, a superfatted idiot in the Ministry
> of Water Resources (you know, floods...) sat on the file till God made a
> wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.  During our first
> meeting, he told us, “You may broadcast flood-related messages on the
> surface, but how do we know what you will broadcast below that?”, giving us
> a fascinating scientific insight into hitherto unknown capabilities of FM
> radio.
>
> Cherian: aren't sat phones banned in India?
>
> Sajan
>
> On 20 June 2013 15:12, Vickram Crishna <v1clist-/[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The scale of the tragedy makes it difficult to wring hands over the 'what
>> could have been'.
>>
>> When disaster strikes, the need of the hour is what can be done now.
>> Together with food, medicine, airlifts etc, a key ingredient is quick and
>> dirty communications. I do hope that the notworking folks at DoT, CMS etc
>> don't come in the way.
>>
>> Vickram
>> communicall.wordpress.com
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>> * From: * VK Cherian <[email protected]>;
>> * To: * <[email protected]>;
>> * Subject: * [india-gii] (no subject)
>> * Sent: * Thu, Jun 20, 2013 7:52:48 AM
>>
>>   Has Indian disaster communication systems failed in  Uttarkhand. DOT
>> has been sitting over proposals for sat phones by global giants like
>>  Immarsat  for  months together.
>>
>> So is the info . coming on mobile phone network coverage in the area
>> where the  last Maoist carnage in Chattisgarh  happened. The Maoist struck
>> where there  was no network coverage and  hence the security forces were in
>> total dismay and confusion and this has added to the death toll, says and
>> insider.
>>
>>
>> --
>> VK Cherian
>> New Delhi
>>
>
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