PM Modi reviews preparedness for Cyclone Yaas.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting with senior government officials to review the preparations for the developing Cyclone Yaas, which is set to cross the Odisha and West Bengal coasts on May 26. The Prime Minister will hold a meeting today with senior government officials and representatives from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Secretaries from Telecom, Power, Civil Aviation, Earth Sciences Ministries to review preparations against the approaching Cyclone Yaas, a source had earlier told NDTV.
Home Minister Amit Shah and other ministers are also attending the meeting.
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Saturday chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to review preparedness ahead of the cyclonic storm Yass.
He asked the officials for a timely evacuation of people involved in off-shore activities.
PM Modi also asked the officials to minimise time of outages of power, telephone networks, said PMO after the review meeting.
Union home minister Amit Shah also attended the meeting along with senior government officials and representatives from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Secretaries from Telecom, Power, Civil aviation, Earth Sciences Ministries to review preparations against the approaching Cyclone Yaas.
With Odisha and West Bengal bracing for cyclonic storm Yaas, the Indian Army on Saturday informed that it has arranged columns and engineer task forces are on standby for rescue and relief operations.
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