India to install tsunami warning system

INDIA is to install an early warning system to predict lethal tsunamis such as the one that claimed tens of thousands of lives in Asia this week.

Of the 12 countries affected by the killer waves, only Thailand belongs to an existing system working among the Pacific-Rim countries.

Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said India’s system would be independent of the Pacific-Rim programme, since that one does not monitor the Indian Ocean.