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The central telecom department is actively working in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to enhance the country's mobile-enabled disaster communication systems, in order to ensure timely information dissemination to citizens. The NDMA, the national body for disaster management, has taken a number of steps in this regard. A nationwide testing of the indigenous cell broadcasting system is underway to ensure swift dissemination of warnings during natural and manmade disasters, said an official statement from the Department of Telecommunications, under the Ministry of Communications. 

The telecom department has urged the public to cooperate with the authoities during this testing phase. As part of this exercise, citizens may receive test messages in both English and Hindi on their mobile phones. No action or input is required from recipients during this system validation phase, said the department. 

Here are 10 things to know about this exercise: 

ENGLISH: 

This is a TEST Cell Broadcast message sent by the National Disaster Management

Authority in coordination with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, as part of testing the Cell Broadcast solution for disseminating alerts. During the testing of the Cell Broadcast solution, you may receive this message multiple times on your mobile handset. Please ignore these message(s); no action is required at your end.

(This is the English version. Users may also receive the Hindi version.)   

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