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- A third of Tamil Nadu's telecom towers are situated in flood-prone zones, while over half are vulnerable to high-speed cyclonic winds.
- The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure suggests that investing in fortified equipment, better drainage, and network redundancy can yield significant long-term economic benefits.
- Coordinating between power utilities, telecom operators, and disaster-management agencies remains essential to preventing cascading service outages.
- Infrastructure failure during disasters often carries economic costs more than seven times higher than the direct physical damage itself.
What to watch next
- Implementation of resilient infrastructure investments by telecom operators ahead of the monsoon.
- Deployment of alternative communication tools for local responders and volunteers.
- Potential adoption of geographically distributed landing zones for submarine cables.
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Amit Prothi
director general
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“The priority is to strengthen resilience before disasters strike.”
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…to speed up the restoration of critical infrastructure. What are the most urgent measures telecom operators and the Tamil Nadu government should implement before the monsoon to prevent prolonged network outages? The priority is to strengthen resilience before disasters strike. CDRI’s modelling shows that investing 5-15 per cent upfront in resilient infrastructure can generate a 7-12 times resilience dividend over an asset’s lifecycle, delivering long-term economic, social and environmental…
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