GEMINI system to aid fisherman.

GS-III: GEMINI system to aid fisherman.

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To avoid communication blackouts that led to 20 fishermen going missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Okchi in 2017, a slew of government departments, research agencies and private companies have developed GEMINI.

GEMINI:

GEMINI is a portable receiver linked to ISRO-satellites, that is “fail-proof” and warn fishermen of danger.
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), a Hyderabad institute collaborated with Accord, a private company, to develop a box-shaped receiver.
It has an antenna and in-built battery that can last three to four days, according to a brochure describing the device.
GEMINI works on GAGAN developed by ISRO and the Airports Authority of India and is an India-made global positioning system and relies on the positioning system by ISRO’s GSAT satellites.

Why need GEMINI?

The satellite-based communication is the only suitable solution for the dissemination of such emergency information.
And affordable satellite based communication system should be made part of the dissemination chain to deal with cyclones, high waves and tsunamis.

Limitations

The device allows only one-way communication it can’t be used by fishermen to make calls, for instance.
At ?9,000 a device, it’s also relatively expensive for the average fisherman, say officials, but attempts are on to subsidise it by as much as 90%.
The device could be more easily accessible to India’s 900,000 fishermen if the chips powering mobile phones were able to receive signals from the GAGAN system.

Source: THE HINDU

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