New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday performed an aerial survey of the cyclone Yaas affected areas in West Bengal and Odisha.
“PM Narendra Modi undertook an aerial survey to review the situation in the wake of Cyclone Yaas. The aerial survey covered parts of Odisha and West Bengal,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) knowledgeable.
Prime Minister Modi additionally met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee throughout his go to and was apprised of the post-cyclone state of affairs within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) dominated state.
“After having review meetings in Hingalganj and Sagar, I met the Hon’ble PM in Kalaikunda and apprised him regarding the post-cyclone situation in WB. The disaster report has been handed over for his perusal. I’ve proceeded now to review the relief and restoration work at Digha,” Banerjee tweeted.
Earlier, Prime Minister Modi quickly after his arrival on the Bhubaneswar airport chaired a evaluate assembly attended by Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi and different senior-level officers throughout which he was apprised of the necessity to strengthen the saline embankment alongside the coast.
“PM @narendramodi, @GovernorOdisha, CM @Naveen_Odisha, Ministers @dpradhanbjp and @pcsarangi attending a review meeting on the prevailing situation due to Cyclone Yaas,” the PMO posted on Twitter.
After the evaluate assembly, Odisha’s Special Relief Commissioner Pradip Kumar Jena mentioned the Chief Minister expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Modi for having visited the state and requested him to think about a long-term and sturdy cyclone mitigation infrastructure for a cyclone-prone state like Odisha.
Briefed the media in Bhubaneswar, Jena mentioned the Odisha Government made a video presentation on the cyclone earlier than Prime Minister Modi and put ahead two express proposals earlier than him on the long-term disaster-resilient energy system and coastal storm surge safety system.
He knowledgeable that round 400 to 450 km stretch of the 480-kilometre lengthy shoreline of Odisha is weak to cyclone induced storm surges.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee knowledgeable that the Chief Secretary has submitted a report back to the Prime Minister over the destruction brought about because of cyclone Yaas within the State.
Meanwhile, based on sources cited by information company ANI, West Bengal CM and Chief Secretary arrived late by 30 minutes for cyclone evaluate meet regardless of being in the identical premises. It has been reported that the CM upon coming into the evaluate meet handed over papers associated to the cyclone influence and left saying that different conferences had been lined up.
Earlier, sources had revealed that CM Mamata is not going to attend the assembly as she has an objection over the presence of her former protege turned chief of opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
PM Modi Announces Final Aid Of Rs 1000 crore
PM Modi has introduced monetary help of Rs 1000 crore for rapid reduction actions. Rs 500 crore can be instantly given to Odisha. Another Rs 500 cr introduced for West Bengal and Jharkhand, which shall be launched on the premise of the injury, PMO knowledgeable.
Centre will deploy an Inter-Ministerial Team to go to the states to evaluate the extent of injury, primarily based on which additional help shall be given. PM Modi assured Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand that the Centre would carefully work with the State Governments at this tough time.
PM expressed his full solidarity with all those that suffered as a result of cyclone and expressed deep sorrow to households who’ve misplaced their kin through the calamity. He introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the following of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the critically injured, PMO said.
