The Government has decided to provide Dosi Meters, which measure radiation, to 35 cities in the country as a step towards disaster management preparedness.

The national guidelines for management of nuclear and radiological emergencies prepared by the National Disaster Management Authority stipulate that in addition to the existing 18 specialised emergency response centres (ERCs) established by the Department of Atomic Energy, additional emergency response centres (AERCs) in the form of mobile radiation detection systems are to be located in major cities. These centres have been identified for equipping with appropriate radiation detection instruments including digital Dosi meters for personal protection in Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Agra, Bhopal, Guwahati, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Madurai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Surat, Vadodara, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Jodhpur, Ludhiana, Mysore, Nasik, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam.