(a) whether a certain university(Amrita) has developed wireless technology system to predict
natural calamities in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether any State or the Central Government has shown interest in such a technology;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) whether any other country has developed such a technology and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THEMINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THEMINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. ASHWANI KUMAR)
(a)&(b) No Madam. However, a pilot deployment of a tailored real time wireless sensor network
(WSN) is designed and developed by Amrita University for monitoring and detection of heavy
rainfall induced landslides only over a selected hill slope of Munnar, Kerala. Extensive field
experiments will have to be conducted for determining the effects of density of the nodes,
vegetation, location of sensor columns etc., for detecting rainfall induced landslides that
may possibly help in the development of low cost wireless sensor network for landslide detection
in the future.
(c) Yes Madam.
(d) Research group of Amrita University is encouraged fully to fine tune and firm-up the
methodology, as per the details at part-b) above, by the Government of India and North East
Council.
(e) Customized WSN systems, in a proof-of-concept mode, have been developed for Drought
monitoring in Taiwan and Africa, weather alerts in Thailand, Coastal Erosion Monitoring in India,