CSR: After-effects of The Catastrophic Cyclone Fani
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted cyclone Fani to hit the coastal state of Odisha India. The storm which was supposedly the strongest to hit the country in 20 years was predicted with almost pinpoint accuracy according to the UN agency. Considering the warnings by IMD, the states were well prepared for the extremely severe classified cyclone.
The well-targeted evacuation plan executed by the authorities in the area earned a nod of approval from the UN as well. The efforts paid off well by minimizing the life loss. Compared to super cyclone 05B in 1999, that claimed the lives of over 10,000 people, the death toll caused by Fani is known to be 34 so far. However, several districts are battered, houses are flattened and electricity and telecommunications infrastructure are destroyed.
The task of rebuilding the infrastructure for the distressed state lay ahead for Odisha government and the Centre. From restoring electricity and telecommunications, to public health interventions to avoid disease outbreaks, a lot of work remains to be done in the state, which requires a lot of manpower as well as expertise.
In this time of distress, Reliance Industries has come up with a series of initiatives to help areas affected by Fani. Some of the measures include alerting coast guards, ensuring tower sites remain working and working with coast guards to evacuate in emergencies. Apart from this Jio is working to mitigate potential downtime due to power outages of its network infrastructure.
“Through its multiway redundancy methodology planned for catastrophes such as Fani, impacted towers or network nodes have been optimized to remain online making seamless communication possible,” said the business house which has Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) as its telecom service unit.
Reliance Foundation will also be assisting in evacuations. The Foundation has been involved with the state disaster management authorities since 27 April 2019 for carrying out preventive communications and support for the at-risk communities in the coastal areas and Jio has provided its digital services to disseminate critical information far and wide.
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