Cyclone Yaas | PM Modi reviews preparedness, asks for timely evacuation of people
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May 23, 2021 17:46 IST
The cyclone is expected to cross the coasts of West Bengal and north Odisha by May 26 evening
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The cyclone is expected to cross the coasts of West Bengal and north Odisha by May 26 evening
With Cyclone ‘Yaas’ likely to become ‘very severe cyclonic storm by May 25 and expected to cross the coasts of West Bengal and north Odisha by May 26 evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday directed senior officers to work in close co-ordination with States to ensure safe evacuation of people from high-risk areas.
: Sunday, May 23, 2021, 2:23 PM IST Ensure safe evacuation of people from high-risk areas : PM Modi directs officials during Cyclone Yaas review meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the preparedness of States and Central Ministries/Agencies concerned to deal with the situation arising out of Cyclone Yaas .
He directed officials to ensure timely evacuation of those in off-shore activities. PM Modi directed senior officers to work in close coordination with states to ensure the safe evacuation of people from high-risk areas.
He also instructed all concerned departments to ensure timely evacuation of those involved in off-shore activities, according to a release by the Prime Minister s Office (PMO).
: Sunday, May 23, 2021, 6:05 PM IST
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A low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression that will cross the West Bengal and Odisha coasts on May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm , the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday. The depression is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm, Yaas , by Monday, it added. It (the depression) is very likely to move north-northwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm by May 24 morning and further into a very severe cyclonic storm during the subsequent 24 hours. It would continue to move north-northwestwards, intensify further and reach Northwest Bay of Bengal near West Bengal and north Odisha coasts by May 26 morning, the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said. It is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal between the Paradip and Sagar islands by evening of 26th May as a very
Cyclone Yaas: PM directs officers to ensure timely evacuation
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New Delhi, May 23 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday directed all senior officers to work in close co-ordination with states to ensure the safe evacuation of people from high-risk areas in the wake of cyclone Yaas and instructed all concerned departments to ensure timely evacuation of those involved in off-shore activities.
While chairing a high-level meeting to review the preparedness of states and Central ministries and agencies concerned to deal with the situation arising out of cyclone Yaas, the Prime Minister spoke about the need to ensure that time duration of outages of power supply and communication network are minimum and are restored swiftly.
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