Peoples are frenetically looking for their relatives and now
after 7 days with each passing hour and deteriorating weather, the possibilities
of finding more live peoples stranded and safe in Uttarakhand Tsunami is going
down. State government is yet to update anything regarding such information
on their websites till now.
Everyone wishes that the scale and intensity of relief operation
which we could see only on Saturday onwards could have been started at
least 3-4 days back with the same intensity and urgency. That could have saved
many more lives.
News channels are also busy just doing rhetorical
coverage and system bashing and gobbling Helicopter space for the TRP
news. Why not they work to go live with the photos and full details (I
could see only ZEE news doing a bit of this) of those affected rather than
repeating the same videos and trailer again and again. They can be of great
help if they coordinate with the various control rooms at different locations
and then let the people come on live coverage exclusively for the
identification and tracking.
There is urgent need for a centralized data system for the
lost and dead ones and the saved ones to minimize the chaotic situation. In
midst of this Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has started its own service.
If someone know to you is trapped somewhere in the
Uttarakhand then you can use the service started by BSNL to track the locations
of the mobile number of your relative or acquaintances. At least that can give
the last location of the mobile number and perhaps the person you are looking
for.
Service/Helpline number of BSNL to track the mobile number
(for the customers of Uttarakhand) – 1503
For the customers of other services (Airtel, Idea Vodafone,
Uninor, Reliance etc) and from other states- 09412024365
How the BSNL Helpline
will work or how to use it?
You will have to tell the BSNl or MTNL number by calling on
these numbers and then the last location of the concerned number will be sent
to you via SMS within one hour (as quoted from newspaper)
Time of the service:
8 am to 10 pm
Hope others may also start this kind of service. And we will
update any related information here.
Other service you can
use to find someone in danger or lost in the Uttarakhand disaster
The government is also said to be updating lost and found information
on this site.
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