New Delhi: As Odisha and West Bengal gear up for Cyclone Yaas, the Indian Army on Saturday (May 22) knowledgeable that it has organized columns and stored engineer task forces on standby for rescue and reduction operations.
“Two columns and two Engineer Task Forces in Odisha and Eight Columns and One Engineer Task Force in West Bengal are ready and on standby for rescue and relief operations,” the Indian Army was quoted as saying by ANI.
Besides the Army, Indian Navy apprised of its preparations and mentioned that it has stored 4 naval ships on standby with Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR). Their bricks, diving, and medical groups will even render help in the areas that might be most affected together with the Odisha and West Bengal coast.
While the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has additionally made preparations to take care of the impression of the cyclonic storm more likely to brew over the Bay of Bengal in lower than 24 hours. On Friday, two of their flights and two ships made rounds of the Bay of Bengal.
Cyclone Yaas is predicted to make landfall alongside the Bengal-Odisha coast between May 24 and May 26.
In view of the cyclone, the Northern Railway cancelled a number of trains from Delhi to and from Bhubaneswar and Puri in Odisha.
On Saturday, the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba met to overview preparedness for the approaching Cyclone Yaas in the Bay of Bengal, the place he instructed numerous businesses to make sure the security of COVID-19 sufferers, hospitals and oxygen era crops.
(With inputs from businesses)
