- Bihar State Disaster Management Authority launched the ‘NITISH’ device.
- Novel Initiative Technological Intervention for Safety of Humanlives (NITISH) device has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna in association with the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority.
- This pendant-shaped device will alert about lightning, floods, heat waves and cold waves to users through voice messages.
- This device has been synced with the Bihar Meteorological Service Centre.
- Recently, this device was launched in the presence of CM Nitish Kumar in Patna.
- This device will alert users half an hour before lightning or flooding.
- It will get charged from body heat and will sound an alert in three different ways.
