Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO recognised twenty-four coastal villages in Odisha as 'Tsunami Ready'.

• The recognition was given during the 2nd Global Tsunami Symposium held in Indonesia on November 11, a statement said.
• These villages are located in Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Ganjam districts, it said.
• Besides, the Tsunami Ready Recognition Certificates were renewed for two villages in the state.
• These villages are Noliasahi in Jagatsinghpur district and Venkatraipur in Ganjam district. They were recognised as Tsunami Ready in 2020.
• Various activities, including training of stakeholders, community awareness programmes, preparation of tsunami management plans, conducting mock drills and identification of evacuation routes, were done in these 24 tsunami-prone villages, the statement said.