Cyclone Tauktae hits Karnataka coast; NDRF teams deployed ANI | Updated: May 15, 2021 23:51 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 15 (ANI): Cyclone Tauktae has hit the Karnataka coast on Saturday, informed the state s home minister. Cyclone Tauktae has hit the Karnataka coast. Two NDRF teams are there. We are also deploying three SDRF teams. 1,000 people will be working round the clock in three coastal districts of Karnataka, state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai told ANI.
Earlier on Saturday, Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Revenue Minister R Ashoka chaired an emergency meeting with officials of Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority in Bengaluru over cycloneTauktae.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a high-level meeting to review the preparedness of states and central ministries/agencies concerned to deal with the situation arising out of Cyclone Tauktae.
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Cyclone Tauktae: Eight relief camps set up in Karnataka (Ld)
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Kokrajhar: Villagers take refuge in makeshift relief camps without any basic amenities, in the wake of the recent violence in Assam that left 73 dead in Kokrajhar of Assam, on Dec 26, 2014. . Image Source: IANS News
Bengaluru, May 15 : Karnataka Revenue Minister R. Ashoka on Saturday said that in view of cyclone Tauktae eight relief camps have been set up in three coastal districts that can accommodate around 10,000 people, where food and other basic amenities will be made available to them.
Ashoka who had chaired the meeting along with Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, the state disaster management team and officials, said: District administrations and police departments are on alert. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams are also on alert ad will come to the rescue of people.
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Heavy to very heavy rains with gusty winds predicted on Saturday and Sunday.
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While weathermen have predicted a cyclone to be named Tauktae would hit Kerala and Karnataka coasts from Saturday, the Arabian Sea looked normal at Batpady on Karnataka-Kerala border, about 15km south of Mangaluru, on Saturday morning. | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry
Heavy to very heavy rains with gusty winds predicted on Saturday and Sunday. District administrations of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi that were already fighting the COVID-19 pandemic have geared up to face the double whammy in the form of a cyclone that was in the process of being formed in the Arabian Sea and likely to hit Kerala and Karnataka coasts on Saturday and Sunday.
Karnataka minister bats for extending covid lockdown beyond May 24
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Bengaluru, May 14: As Karnataka continues to battle the second wave of Covid-19, Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Friday batted for the extension of the statewide lockdown, aimed at controlling the spread of the virus.
He said, the government headed by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will take a final call, as the current lockdown nears its end.
The state is currently under complete lockdown till May 24. As a citizen of Bengaluru my personal opinion is that it is good to continue the lockdown for a few more days. (Number of cases in the city) has come to 15,000 from 22,000 per day, it is about 7,000 cases less now, it is because of semi-lockdown and complete lockdown, Ashoka, who is also the Vice-Chairman of Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority said.