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Two-way radio to give disaster warning along 480 km Orissa coast

ABOUT 300,000 fishermen living along the coast in Orissa will benefit from very high frequency (vhf) wireless radio sets to be set up in their villages starting April. These devices will keep them updated on cyclone warnings issued by the Indian Meteorological Department.
The reasons for providing people with such sets are two: one, the Orissa coast is vulnerable

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