J-K floods: Google launches tools to help search for lost people

Person Finder makes it easier for those who are safe to pass on their status to people worried about them

Communications is affected across Jammu and Kashmir.

With the floods in Jammu and Kashmir affecting communication across the state, Google has launched several tools to help people gather and relay information about those affected by the devastation. These tools were earlier put to use during the Tsunami in Japan.

The Google Person Finder, for instance, helps individuals post the details of, and search for the status of, family members or friends affected by the disaster. If you’re worried about someone in the disaster affected area, then click on “I’m Looking for Someone” and type in their name. If you want to let people know you’re safe, or if you have heard from someone in the disaster affected area, then click on “I have information about someone” and put in their names and details.

As the number of names and records increases, the tool will make it easier for those who are safe to pass on their status to people worried about them. It is available in both English and Hindi.

The person finder tool is embedded below.

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The Person Finder is available on mobile phones too and can be accessed by sending the message “Search”, followed by the person’s name i.e. “Search” <name>, to 9773300000.

Google has also opened Onebox on Google Search in Hindi and English to provide helpline information of the Army, Home Ministry, and NDRF Control Room. The numbers are also listed below:

Emergency Army Helpline: (+91) 011-23019831

Home Ministry Helpline: (+91) 011-23093054 · (+91) 011-23092763

NDRF Control Room: (+91) 011-26107953 · (+91) 0-9711077372

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