SRINAGAR, May 2 -- Mobile phone users in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday received an emergency alert on their cellphones with a loud beep as India tested its nationwide emergency alert system, officials said.
Mobile phone users in the Union territory were surprised on Saturday morning as their phones buzzed loudly and received a flash message, the officials said.
They said the alert, sent out at 11.42 am, was a part of the emergency alert system testing.
"This is part of the testing of the Emergency Alert System, so that accurate information can be received on time during disasters," they said.
They said this message may appear repeatedly and asked people to not do anything.
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