Pondicherry MultipurposeSocial Service Society

Regd., No. 6/77

#81, Laporte Street, Puducherry-1

To enable every human-to do more, to know more, to have more, in order to be more

PMSSS Working Area Map

In the Union Territory of Pondicherry and KaraikkalCuddalore and Villupuram in Tamil Nadu

Specific Activities

implemented:1. Relief in times of Fire, flood, cyclone, drought, tsunami

and other natural and man made disasters.

2. Leadership Training and Promotion of Fraternal Life

Communities - FLCs (Credit Unions).

3. Land for Landless.

4. Home for Homeless.

5. Delayed Marketing of Agriculture Products.

6. Kolping Programme.

7. Kalrayan Tribal Development Programme.

8. Social Assistance for aged and sick

9. Rehabilitation and Development programme for Sri Lankan

Refugees

Need of ICTTsunami Disaster occurred during

Dec 2004 disturbed the mind set of the people.

The People had a continuous fear of tsunami and other natural disasters. The people expressed the need of Early Warning System.

Hence, PMSSS introduced Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Program.

• Establishment of Village Information Centers (VIC) in 10 Villages in

Pondicherry, 3 villages in Karaikal and 8 in Cuddalore locating them

within the villages with the concurrence and participation of the local

Village Fishermen Panchayat and CBOs.

• Each Village Information Centre got equipped with computers, printers,

scanners, BSNL & VSNL internet connections, Public Addressing System

and Information Display Notice Board.

• All the VICs are connected with Hub centre at PMSSS.

• The beneficiaries are Coastal Community people and rural agricultural

people.

Village Information Centre (VIC)

•To address the need of the people on Early

Warning PMSSS took initiative to download &

disseminate information’s from

•Indian Meteorological Department (IMD),

Chennai for forecast on weather, depression

and cyclone.

•Accuweather.com – For Daily Weather

forecast.

•INCOIS – Hyderabad for information's on

Ocean State Forecast (Wave heights, wind

speed, directions)

Information Linkages

Linkage with INCOISIn order to strengthen the linkage with INCOIS

the PMSSS Director and Staff team made an exposure visit to INCOIS center on 27-11-2006

Ocean State Forecast received by PMSSS from INCOIS

Disseminated Through Local Language

Digital Divide 2 Digital Unite

Electronic Digital Board with Siren & Microphone at Cuddalore OT Harbour installed

by INCOIS-Hyderabad

INCOIS Deployment of Buoy at Pondicherry Coast In May 2007

•It carries sensors to measure wind speed & direction, air pressure, air temperature, humidity, sea surface temperature and wave parameters.

•The BUOY is equipped with GPS, beacon light VHF antenna and satellite transceiver.

•BUOY gives Real Time Data Communication.

•Data Received and Monitored by PMSSS and NIO- Goa

Installation of AWS at PMSSS hub center, Pondicherry by INCOIS, NIO-GOA in May 2007

Real Time Weather Data received through AWS

Digital Divide 2 Digital Unite

Live Demonstration for the rescue team was conducted in the sea by the coast guard in

Puducherry & Cuddalore

Digital Divide 2 Digital Unite

Rescue & Evacuation training by Divisional Fire Office, Cuddalore

Disaster Preparedness Training for School Children

Second Digital Display of Ocean Information System

•Digital Display system installed at Pondicherry Harbor by INCOIS.

INCOIS Director and Senior Scientist

interacted with the fishermen of

Puducherry Coastal Villages and

discussed on various possibilities of

improving the Early Warning Systems

integrating science and technological

expertise with the conventional

knowledge available with the fishermen.

User Interaction

Authorization Letter

Indian Ocean Forecasting System (INDOFOS) at Pattinacherry (19-3-10)

User Interaction with the fisherfolk at Pattinacherry - Karaikal

INDOFOS was established in one of the worst tsunami hit area in Karaikal district in the Union Territory of Pondicherry .

Information DisseminationbyPMSSS

Information Technology Transfer to the Community

Received Information is translated in local language and disseminated

through the email network from PMSSS Hub centre to the VICs.

The information is announced through the village Public Addressing

System (PA system) thrice a day (9AM, 12Noon & 5PM)

Ocean State Forecast and Weather Forecast Telecast through Local Cable TV Network

[SKY SAT, AJK TV, JVR-TV, MOON TV, -PuducherryISS TV - Cuddalore & KL TV-Karaikal]

Information Dissemination through media network

Information Dissemination through media network

Releasing of Information CD by INCOIS- Direcotr, Dr. Shailesh Naiak in the presnece of Pondicherry Fisheries

Minister.

Dissemination through SMS Two major level consultations

brought PMSSS and BSNL to work

hand in hand in exploring the

possible packages for information

dissemination for coastal population.

An SMS package is developed by

BSNL.

INCOIS-PMSSS Ocean State

Forecast is given through SMS by

BSNL network from 15th of Jan 2008

to the registered BSNL customers

free of cost.

The fishermen in the sea can directly

receives this message.

PMSSS – INCOIS- EWS Interventions were presented to the District officials at Nagarcoil in the presence of Mr.Rajendira Ratnoo, District Collector & Principle

Secretary, Disaster Mitigation Authority, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

Early Warnings from INCOIS

Ocean Depression 11-12-2009

NISHA Cyclone

Data Received at PMSSS Data Receiving Center

LAILA Cyclone (20-5-2010)

Data Received at PMSSS Data Receiving Center

Data Received from INCOIS

Jal Cyclone (7th Nov 2010)

Data Received from INCOIS

Thane CycloneINCOIS given special information on Early Warning on 25th Dec 2011 evening.Every 3hrs the information was updated & disseminated to the coastal & Inland communities.Tidal Wave height was very high on 28th & 29th Dec 2011 reaching to 18 to 20 feet.The wind speed too was heavy first starting from 10PM on 29th Dec 2011 and reached its peak speed of 150kms/hr around 3AM on 30th. Safety measures were taken at community level based on the information from INCOIS.As authenticated by INCOIS the cyclone hit and crossed Pondicherry and Cuddalore. INCOIS information dissemination helped for community preparedness & management of the disaster situation. Information sharing and Preventive measures reduced life and property loss to a larger extent.

Thane Cyclone Damages

INCOIS Staff Support to Thane Cyclone Victims

Voluntary contribution made by INCOIS officials enabled PMSSS to give relief package to the victim families of Thane

Cyclone. PMSSS and the beneficiaries express thanks and

gratitude to the valuable support.

Impact

Established Govt. & Private Partnership between INCOIS, NIO and PMSSS.

First Community Based Wave Rider Buoy deployed at Pondicherry by INCOIS in partnership with PMSSS.

INDOFOS functions at Karaikkal –Pondicherry and Velankanni- Tamil Nadu

Regional Consultations by PMSSS & INCOIS resulted in building knowledge network with expert institutions & NGOs.

Updated OSF data available on day to day basis at PMSSS.

Weather & Ocean State Forecast available in local language.

Wider Information Dissemination happens daily and in emergency times.

INCOIS information reaches coastal districts of Pondicherry, Cuddalore, Karaikal, Villupuram, Thanjavur, Tuticorin, Trinelveli, Kerala, West Bengal, Orissa through PMSSS.

Impact

INCOIS information prediction accurate to the extent of 99%.

Coastal and Inland Communities though initially misunderstood and disturbed, now well aware of different components of informations.

The Fisher Folk are more confident and reliable in the authentic INCOIS data’s than the data’s from other sources.

Community on their own contact PMSSS during emergencies.

In time of disasters community preparedness enhanced and resilience attitude developed to a greater extent by INCOIS information.

Integration of Science and Technology became a viable tool for community welfare and development interventions.

INCOIS information dissemination get replicated in different locations in Tamil Nadu and other states.

Media and Govt. Departments approaches PMSSS for authentic INCOIS information.

Way ForwardStrengthen the collaborative action between INCOIS team & PMSSS towards formulating a long term plan.

Networking with Disaster Mitigation Authority of State & Central authority and related Govt. Departments to workout a CBDP & CMDRR Plan.

Ensuring intervention of Coast Guard to safe guard wave rider buoy & any other coastal related interventions.

Workout a feasible Emergency response mechanism – Eg., Wire Less Network to communicate with fishermen in sea, SMS network and Media network creation for information dissemination.

Replication & Expansion of INCOIS activities – along the East Coast & Andhaman Islands.

Organizing regular community interventions in the form of user interaction, orientation for related Govt. Department Officials and Media representatives at the district & regional level.

PFZ data – usage strategy to satisfy the local livelihood needs.

Rainfall data dissemination both for coastal & agro based locations.

Authentication for PMSSS for disseminating INCOIS validated data.