18 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in Odisha. Seven teams have been deployed in Balasore, 4 in Bhadrak, 3 in Kendrapada, 2 in Jajpur, one every in Jagatsinghpur and Mayurbhanj. Four teams have been saved as reserve.
In view of Cyclone Yaas, as many as 18 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in Odisha. Seven teams have been deployed in Balasore, 4 in Bhadrak, 3 in Kendrapada, 2 in Jajpur, one every in Jagatsinghpur and Mayurbhanj. Four teams have been saved as reserve, as per the NDRF.
According to the Odisha authorities, 66 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams and 177 fireplace companies teams are being deployed in areas which might be doubtless to be affected by the cyclone.
The Indian Air Force has airlifted 21 tonnes of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief gear, together with 334 NDRF personnel on Sunday. To mitigate the impact of the cyclone, the IAF has airlifted 606 personnel and 57 tonnes load of NDRF to date since 21 May.
“#CycloneYaas Airlift of 21T of #HADR eqpt & 334 personnel of @NDRFHQ by 5xC-130 aircraft from Patna & Varanasi to Kolkata and Arakkonam to Port Blair is currently underway. #IAF has airlifted 606 personnel and 57T load of NDRF since 21 May, to mitigate the cyclone effect”, the Indian Air Force tweeted.
Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, and Balasore districts are doubtless to be worst affected by the cyclonic storm Yaas which is able to attain the state on May 26, Umashankar Das, Deputy Director of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar on Sunday stated.
“We are expecting that the well-marked low-pressure area over the east-central Bay of Bengal will concentrate into a depression during next 12 hours and by tomorrow (May 24), it is going to be a cyclonic storm and will continue to move in the north north-westward direction and on May 26 it will reach Odisha, West Bengal, and Bangladesh coast,” Umashankar Das advised ANI.
“The North Odisha districts, particularly Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, and Balasore are expected to most affected,” Das stated.
The Deputy Director of IMD Bhubaneswar knowledgeable that Bhadrak, Balasore, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Khordha, and Puri are anticipated to obtain heavy to heavy rainfall on May 25. “On May 26, we are expecting extremely heavy rainfall at Mayurbhanj and Balasore,” he added.
The IMD had earlier predicted that the cyclonic storm Yaas will hit the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal on May 26 and each the states will experience heavy rainfall from May 22 to 26.Â
(With ANI Inputs)
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