Meanwhile, all schools have been shut in multiple Odisha and Bengal districts till Friday, October 25. In the wake of the impending cyclone, nearly 150 trains have been cancelled with many at risk ...

Renubala Patro is 62 and prone to bouts of forgetfulness ... where 42,000 people took shelter. Since then, Odisha has built 500 multi-purpose cyclone shelters and 311 flood shelters in the ...

Tropical Cyclone Dana made landfall along the northern coast of Odisha state as the equivalent ... also been deployed to the state, which is prone to severe cyclones and storms.

(PTI Photo) Odisha’s Revenue and Disaster Management ... The state government is also planning a survey of kutcha houses in cyclone- and flood-prone areas.

The need arose after Super Cyclone hit the coastal Odisha in 1999 resulting in loss ... Cyclone shelters are crucial for evacuating people from areas prone to cyclones and floods.

Rescue teams have been put on standby as IMD said heavy to extremely heavy rainfall and the storm in cyclone-prone Odisha could damage houses, roads, crops, and power lines, causing flooding and ...

Odisha, which is prone to natural calamities, has a long history of being struck by cyclones originating in the Bay of Bengal. The 1999 super cyclone, which hit the state on 29 October ...

A total of 35.95 lakh people in Odisha have been impacted by cyclone Dana and subsequent flooding in 14 districts, the state’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said on Sunday.

Bhubaneswar: In a further boost to Odisha’s disaster preparedness ... response teams in disaster-prone areas, we achieved zero casualties in this cyclone.” Revenue and disaster management ...

The Forest department has formed 10 teams for safety of people and rescue of reptiles in cyclone-prone areas in case the need arises. Nets, wires and other instruments have been provided to catch ...