Mumbai, May 2 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the nationwide alert message on Saturday was to test our disaster preparedness.

Fadnavis commended the mobile-based emergency alert mechanism developed indigenously by the Department of Communications in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority

"The message you received on your mobile phones today is a test of our disaster preparedness and our system for disseminating information across the country. The most commendable aspect is that this entire system has been developed indigenously within India; I believe this marks yet another technological leap forward for the nation," Fadnavis said.

Union Minister for Communications and Development of Nor...