Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee reviewed the Disaster Management preparedness on Saturday (May 22) with regards to the impending Yaas cyclone immediately afternoon with all senior officers of related Central & State businesses together with DMs & SPs. The NDRF, ICG, NCMC and Indian Army even have sprung into motion to guarantee there is no such thing as a lack of life when the cyclone makes landfall.
The Chief Minister took to twitter to guarantee the individuals of the state that correct measures will probably be taken to safeguard the lives of these in danger to the incoming cyclone Yaas.
CM Mamata Banerjee stated, “I have extensively reviewed the Disaster Management preparedness with regards to the impending Yaas cyclone today afternoon with all senior officers of relevant Central & State agencies along with DMs & SPs.”
“All officials have been advised integrated command, advance planning & early evacuation from coastal & riverine areas to rescue shelters including cyclone & flood shelters, and to conduct relief and rehabilitation operations at the earliest,” she added.
Fishermen have been alerted to instantly return. 24×7 management rooms have been arrange (Ph No – 1070 & 033-22143526). All businesses have been requested to spring into motion. Relief supplies have been dispatched & Quick Response Teams are mobilised.
I request all to keep alert.(3/3)— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 22, 2021
The Bengal CM additional stated, “Fishermen have been alerted to immediately return. 24×7 control rooms have been set up (Ph No – 1070 & 033-22143526). All agencies have been asked to spring into action. Relief materials have been dispatched & Quick Response Teams are mobilised. I request all to stay alert.”
IMD has predicted that cyclone Yaas is probably going to intensify right into a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ and cross the Odisha and the West Bengal coasts on May 26, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army has organized two columns and two engineer job forces in Odisha and eight columns and one engineer job power in West Bengal are prepared and on standby for rescue and reduction operations, information company ANI reported.
Ahead of Cyclone Yaas, which is probably going to make a landfall alongside the Bengal-Odisha coast between May 24 and May 26, the Northern Railway cancelled over a dozen trains from the nationwide capital to and from Bhubaneswar and Puri in Odisha.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has additionally equipped to meet the seemingly challenges from the growing cyclonic storm Yaas on the east coast.
Besides CM Mamata Banerjee’s overview, the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba met on Saturday to overview preparedness for the impending Cyclone Yaas in the Bay of Bengal, with the top bureaucrat of the nation directing numerous businesses to guarantee security of COVID-19 sufferers, hospitals and oxygen era crops.
The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), previously often called Kolkata Port Trust authorities requested officers to be certain that all its vessels are taken inside the dock earlier than the onset of the cyclonic storm, and no ships will probably be saved at river jetties, SMP Chairman Vinit Kumar stated.
