<p>A siren giving a warning about tsunami erroneously started playing from the Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim near here, triggering panic among the local residents, an official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The siren started sounding the alert after 9 pm on Wednesday and it continued for more than 20 minutes, local residents said.</p>.Goa cop’s wife accidentally pulls trigger of his service revolver, suffers serious injuries.<p>Whether the siren went off due to any technical error or any other reason is being probed, with a state minister saying that he has sought a report into it.</p>.<p>The Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) is installed on a hillock at Porvorim in North Goa on the outskirts of state capital Panaji.</p>.<p>Talking to reporters on Thursday, North Goa District Collector Mamu Hage said, "It was a false warning as there was no such intimation of tsunami from any of the authorities.' 'There was no mock drill or anything. I have personally checked and found out that there was no warning either from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) or the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)," she said.</p>.<p>The collector said she has directed the state Water Resources Department (WRD) to find out why the siren started playing from the EWDS.</p>.<p>People living in the nearby areas said the siren created panic among the locals.</p>.<p>Talking about it, local resident Avinash R said, 'We were on a walk after dinner when we heard the siren. Initially we panicked, but we soon realised that it could be a mock drill.' When contacted, state WRD Minister Subhash Shirodkar said he has sought a report from his office, which will be received by this evening.</p>.<p>North Goa District Disaster Authority said in a social media post, 'There are certain reports of Siren alerting Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim of a Tsunami alert. It is clarified that no such Alert of Tsunami is issued by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).” </p>.<p>"The citizens are requested not to panic," it added.</p>
<p>A siren giving a warning about tsunami erroneously started playing from the Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim near here, triggering panic among the local residents, an official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The siren started sounding the alert after 9 pm on Wednesday and it continued for more than 20 minutes, local residents said.</p>.Goa cop’s wife accidentally pulls trigger of his service revolver, suffers serious injuries.<p>Whether the siren went off due to any technical error or any other reason is being probed, with a state minister saying that he has sought a report into it.</p>.<p>The Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) is installed on a hillock at Porvorim in North Goa on the outskirts of state capital Panaji.</p>.<p>Talking to reporters on Thursday, North Goa District Collector Mamu Hage said, "It was a false warning as there was no such intimation of tsunami from any of the authorities.' 'There was no mock drill or anything. I have personally checked and found out that there was no warning either from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) or the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)," she said.</p>.<p>The collector said she has directed the state Water Resources Department (WRD) to find out why the siren started playing from the EWDS.</p>.<p>People living in the nearby areas said the siren created panic among the locals.</p>.<p>Talking about it, local resident Avinash R said, 'We were on a walk after dinner when we heard the siren. Initially we panicked, but we soon realised that it could be a mock drill.' When contacted, state WRD Minister Subhash Shirodkar said he has sought a report from his office, which will be received by this evening.</p>.<p>North Goa District Disaster Authority said in a social media post, 'There are certain reports of Siren alerting Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim of a Tsunami alert. It is clarified that no such Alert of Tsunami is issued by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).” </p>.<p>"The citizens are requested not to panic," it added.</p>