Suppose you have received a strange emergency alert on your smartphone today. There is no need to worry because India is testing its Emergency Alert System by sending test flashes to many smartphones today.
At the same time, messages are coming into people’s phones with a loud beep, in which it is written that this is a testing message sent by the Telecom Department of the Government of India through the Cell Broadcasting System. Please ignore this message, as no action is required on your part.
Test Pan-India Emergency Alert System is implementing these messages. Its purpose is to increase public safety and reach the people as soon as possible in an emergency.
This message has been sent to the test pan-India Emergency Alert System implemented by the National Disaster Management Authority. According to the information, this message has come today at 1.35 pm on all Android phones.
Regarding this message, the Cell Broadcasting System of the Department of Telecommunications said that such tests would be conducted from time to time in different regions to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency alert transmission capabilities of mobile operators and Cell Broadcast Systems.
