Cyclone Amphan, Weareviews preparednessther Forecast Today ,Updates: PM
Modi
The Odisha government is
considering evacuation of 11 lakh people in the vulnerable areas. The MET
department has been issued an 'orange warning' for West Bengal.
Cyclone Amphan turned into a
“super cyclonic” on Monday and is likely hit the south of West Bengal and
Bangladesh on Wednesday, the Home Ministry has said. The storm turned
‘extremely severe’ over the Bay of Bengal at 2.30 am today, the Indian Meterological
Department had earlier said. Prime Minister has held a high-level meeting
and reviewed the response preparedness and evacuation plan presented by NDRF,
Officers sayid that It is very likely
to move north-northeastwards and move fast to north-west Bay of Bengal and
cross West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts between Digha and Hatiya Islands during
09:00-12:00 pm of 20th May, 2020, as a very severe super cyclonic storm,” the
latest updates released by the weather body read.
Cyclone Amphan Updates from West Bengal,
Odisha: The cyclone has killed at least 72 persons and ravaged
Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal. It has destroyed thousands of homes
and swamped low-lying areas of the state. So far, 72 deaths have been
reported due to super Cyclone Amphan. I would request Prime Minister to
come and visit Cyclone Amphan-affected areas, West Bengal CM said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be making aerial survey of damage caused
in Odisha, Bengal tomorrow.
News
agency PTI reported that a man and a woman were killed
when trees came crashing
down on them in North 24 Pargana area. A 13-year-old girl died in this in adjoining Howrah. Almost three persons were killed in Hooghly and North
24 Paraganas districts due to the electrocution. Officials said that a woman
and her 7-year-old son were killed in the Regent park of Kolkata after
a tree fell on them in the storm. A person was killed in Kolkata after being hit by a flying
object during the storm.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
· Super Cyclone
Amphan has left several people injured and dead, trees have been uprooted from ground and
houses destroyed by nature's fury.
· West
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has requested the Centre to declare it a national disaster
and pegs the losses and damage at Rs 1 lakh crore
PM Narendra Modi is on a tour of West Bengal and
Odisha to carry
out aerial survey of the destruction
Super cyclone Amphan has left Kolkata devastated,disaster-management
steps taken by the administration before the cyclone hit the coastal city.
Cyclone Amphan - the worst in almost 283 years - has killed 72 people.
The cyclone swept through several parts of the state of West Bengal,
including Kolkata,on Wednesday.
What is seen in the aftermath is a trail of destruction.
Shelters
catering to COVID-19 quarantined patients too were
flooded at numerous places.
Thousands of homes damaged, and
trees and electric poles were uprooted. WB
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had asked the Prime Minister to visit the state
and inspect the damage, which she said was to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.
Banerjee has requested the Centre to treat cyclone Amphan as a national
disaster
PM
Modi who had last stepped out of Delhi to visit Chitrakoot in February, and had
stayed in Delhi for 83 days till now due to coronavirus-related lockdown in
place, has finally stepped out of the national capital and travelled out to
West Bengal and Odisha to inspect the damage left in the wake of Cyclone
Amphan.
Problems in kolkata:
people of Kolkata staged protests on Friday, demanding an
immediate solutation of electric power and water supply,
After some days
Cyclone Amphan' ravaged West Bengal, snapping cables, uprooting trees and
leaving behind a trail of destruction.
Mayor of Kolkata, gave assurances that normalcy would be
restored with in a week, as government officials were working round the clock
to improve the situation.
Attacking the TMC government, state Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)
president Dilip Ghosh said the protests were proof that the ruling
dispensation has failed to live up to people's expectations.
At Behala area in south Kolkata, agitators took to the
streets and
shouted slogans against the government, claiming that residents had
been reeling under power and water crisis for over 48 hours, with no respite in
sight.
"We have been living without mobile CONNECTION ,electricity connectivity and
proper drinking water for the last 48 hours. Is this a joke? We
can do without mobile connectivity, but what about electricity and clean
drinking water? We are asking for basic facilities," said Amit Dutta, a
resident of Behala.
Similar protests were also reported from other parts of the
state capital.
Pooja Saha, a techie who lives in central Kolkata, said that
he had called the Kolkata Municipal Corporation helpline number at least 50
times but got no response from their side.
"It's stinking everywhere! I have called the KMC
helpline more than 50 times, but received no response. If the clogged drains
are not cleared anytime soon, people in the locality might fall ill,"
Pooja Saha said.
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