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J&K floods: Now a Google app to find missing people in Kashmir

New Delhi: Seeking to boost search and surveillance capabilities of rescue teams in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, a successful Uttarakhand 'Google' application is being pressed into service by the government.The Google application called 'Person Finder'

PTI PTI Updated on: September 11, 2014 18:32 IST
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j k floods now a google app to find missing people in kashmir

New Delhi: Seeking to boost search and surveillance capabilities of rescue teams in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, a successful Uttarakhand 'Google' application is being pressed into service by the government.

The Google application called 'Person Finder' is a customized exclusive web application that allows individuals to post and search for the status of relatives or friends affected by a disaster.

Under this smart application offered by the crisis response division of Google, all data entered into it is available to the public and searchable and accessible by anyone.

The victims of Kashmir floods are in desperate need of basic amenities like biscuits, breads, medicines, blankets and water. You can also contribute relief material to the affected people in Kashmir. For those who wish to send relief materials, two control rooms have been set up in Delhi.

Control Room of Ministry of Home Affairs:

Jammu Kashmir House

5, Prithvi Road
New Delhi
Contact No. 011-23092763
Contact No. 011-23093054

Control Room of the government of Jammu Kashmir

Jammu Kashmir House
5, Prithvi Road
New Delhi
Contact No. 011-24611210
Contact No. 011-24611108

You can use the following Google app (Person Finder) to find out information about your near and dear ones stranded in Jammu and Kashmir:

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