Bhubaneswar: The IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Limited (IKSL) has saved many lives in coastal Odisha by sounding an alert ahead of the devastating cyclone Phailin through its unique mobile phone message facility, a senior official of the company today said.
“Our voice and text message services, normally availed by farmers and fishermen, were effectively used for alerting people in the vast coastal belt about the very severe cyclone well in time,” IKSL's Odisha Manager R C Pattanayak said.
A subsidiary of fertiliser cooperative major IFFCO, IKSL's messages played a significant role in facilitating systematic and timely evacuation of lakhs of people from vulnerable areas to safer places before the cyclone hit the state on October 12, he said.
“The state government and other agencies have also acknowledged the IKSL's contribution, which has its network in 26 of the 30 districts of Odisha,” Pattanayak said.
