Even as the Indian Navy quickly announced a high alert, state agencies seemed slow to react. Multi-level disaster management cells and control rooms had been set up at Mantralaya and at police control rooms. Except for passing on the information to the police department, the disaster management cell did not act,” said an official from home department. “The disaster management cell has a limited role to play in such incidents. The police force has its own SOP to follow,” said Suhas Diwase, director, disaster management unit.

Source: Hindustan Times September 23, 2016 19:07 UTC