Sri Lanka must provide international and regional disaster warning centres with a 24-hour, 365-day means of contact, say local experts. Sri Lanka must provide international and regional disaster warning centres with a 24-hour, 365-day means of contact, say local experts.
"The government
needs to designate specific contact points for these institutions to reach us in
the case of an emergency," said Prof. Rohan
Samarajiva, Executive Director, LIRNEasia,
Sri Lanka on Thursday.
"These contact
points must have a dedicated phone number that is manned even during public
holidays and weekends," he pointed out speaking at the
discussion on setting up a multi-hazard warning system by the
Vanguard Foundation and