Disaster is a very well known word that disrupts life, livelihoods, economy etc. The Global Climate Change and Vulnerability Index reveals that India is ranked as the second most vulnerable country in the world to natural hazards. It is not possible to avoid the disasters, but suffering can be minimized by applying effective Disaster Management which demands rapid access to reliable data and the capacity to assess, analyze and integrate information from varied sources. This information is as much as necessary as water, food, medicine and support. This arises the need of disaster awareness systems which can provide valuable and live saving information so that the disaster losses can be reduced to some extent.
PANDORA is a website that aims at helping people who get caught in disasters by providing them with HELPLINE numbers through SMS services and informing rescue teams about the calamities as it is one of the most difficult tasks is to facilitate communication between the people who need help and those who provide help when a disaster strikes.
A user can have the following functionalities:
- Get NOTIFIED by registering as USERS
- Help others get notified/aware by PROVIDING NEWS
- Maintain the communication as MANAGEMENT SQUAD
Django, HTML/CSS/Bootstrap,Twilio API, MySQL Database.
Before running this project, make sure you have a Twilio account.
To run the project, perform the following steps -
- Access the website from this link.
- Go to Register menu and click on Register as User.
- Create an account by filling the required details.
- From, now on you will receive the disater notifications.
- Go to Register menu and click on Register as Notification/Management squad.
- Create an account by filling the details.
- Twilio credentials are a must for this.
- Send message to any area using it's pincode.