Odisha has become the first state in the Indian Ocean region to get two coastal villages ‘tsunami ready’.
This also makes the country to become the first in the Indian Ocean region to achieve the honour.
Venkatraipur (Boxipalli) village of Rangeilunda block under Ganjam district and Noliasahi village of Ersama block under Jagatsinghpur district have been acknowledged by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO for greater preparedness to face the tsunami disaster.
