Islamabad :
NDMA in collaboration with Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) and all Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) has launched initiative to facilitate Early Warning System that would utilize GSM Cellular technology for dissemination of early warnings by ensuring institutionalization of a message alert system for the community awareness, public service messaging and early warnings in the disaster hit/prone areas for swift communication and timely preemptive measures in case of any any disaster like situation.
Since the onset of Monsoon Season 2015 NDMA in collaboration with relevant PDMAs has been issuing SMS Alerts to identified areas by respective provinces based on weather outlook and river flow situation received through PMD.
So Far, SMS Alerts have been issued to almost 25 million people in Punjab, Sindh and AJ&K with the assistance of PTA and cellular companies.