NDRF director general SN Pradhan says the force has mobilised it 52 teams in Odisha ahead of landfall of cyclone Yaas. BHUBANESWAR: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) director general Satya Narayan Pradhan, who is from Odisha, speaks to Debabrata Mohapatra on cyclone Yaas preparedness and challenges. Only a few days ago it was Tauktae, now it is Yaas. It must be very hectic for your personnel? Back to back cyclones on different coasts have kept us on our toes. The situation is more challenging during the deadly Covid second wave. Just as we were busy with post-Tauktae restoration work in Gujarat, comes Cyclone Yaas. We had to depute our personnel overnight in Odisha and West Bengal from different states.