Peru invests 759,000 USD in tsunami warning satellite network
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Peruvian government will invest 2,186,000 soles (US$759,000) to implement a satellite network for tsunami warning, as part of the National Earthquake Prevention that was launched in peru on March 4, local media reported Friday.
Such amount will be transferred to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) for a satellite project in the Peruvian coast, which seeks to protect 1.6 million people who live along the coast.
The project proposed and promoted by Peru's Geophysical Institute for early forecasting of tsunamis, was approved by the government as a preventive measure and alert against possible disasters.
In this way, Peru seeks to correct its vulnerable and inadequate communication system of tsunami warning, the report said.
Meanwhile, President of the Council of Ministers Javier Velasquez Friday announced the creation of the National Emergency Operation Center as part of a "structural response" from the government to minimize the effects caused by natural disasters.
The minister said that following the earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and the 2007 earthquake in Pisco, the government decided to take prevention of natural disasters as state policy.
For this purpose, the Municipality of Lima organized Friday a simulation of earthquake in the Peruvian capital, with the participation of about 16,000 people, including students, tourists and workers.
A 20-minute simulation also took place at the Government Palace with the participation of the brigade and rescue teams from fire department .
