How to get IMD data on extreme weather: BSNL set to lend a hand
The Odisha government has decided to resort to the traditional practice of planting palm trees on both sides of roads, farmlands and forest boundaries as a measure to check casualties due to lightning.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is teaming up with state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to send extreme weather warnings to people. Image source: PTI