Forward of Cyclone Dana’s landfall in neighbouring Odisha Thursday midnight, the state administration in West Bengal was racing towards time to evacuate folks and produce them to secure shelters with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee monitoring the scenario from the Kolkata management room.
By late Thursday night, authorities officers stated the evacuation course of has been accomplished with over 3.5 lakh folks delivered to shelters in eight districts of the state, together with Kolkata, Howrah, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Bankura and Hooghly.
By Thursday night, the cyclonic storm, situated 150 km southeast of Paradip (Odisha) and 250 km south-southeast of Sagar Island (West Bengal), approached in direction of the subcontinent.
Chief Minister Banerjee stated the state administration has recognized greater than 3.5 lakh folks for evacuation from low-lying areas. “For evacuation from low-lying areas, we’ve recognized a complete of 356,941 folks… There are 851 reduction camps and shelters… I’ll ask folks to not panic and as a substitute preserve vigil,” the CM stated.
Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and House Secretary Nandini Chakraborty have been additionally overseeing the evacuation and reduction operations. The state had deployed a big contingent of the police drive, district administration officers, catastrophe administration officers, 22 firms of NDRF and SDRF have been deployed. The coastal areas have been placed on excessive alert.
