Telecom service providers have put in place facility for tracking of people, missing person information, helpline numbers, Wi-Fi facilities in relief camps and made arrangement for temporary mobile base stations 'Cell on Wheels', a joint statement from industry bodies COAI and AUSPI said.
"These preparations benefit from our learnings from Uttarakhand and J&K's recent natural calamities, and the difficulties created by the cyclone Hudhud in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh," COAI Director General Rajan S Mathews said.
"The industry is with the people of Gujarat as the cyclone Nilofar approaches the state. The industry will work at tandem with the state and central governments for restoring normalcy as early as possible," AUSPI Secretary General Ashok Sud said.
The helpline number 1948, which has been allocated in Gujarat for telecom services and missing person information, will be intimated to all subscribers through SMS. Prepaid customers will be able to contact the emergency numbers even without balance.