6 IAS officers called in, 200 trains cancelled, monuments shut: How Odisha is bracing to tackle cyclone Dana

It volition transverse northbound Odisha and the West Bengal coasts betwixt Puri and Sagar Island during the nighttime of October 24 and the greeting of October 25 arsenic a terrible cyclonic tempest with a upwind velocity of 100-110 kmph.

The authorities authorities is expecting maximum interaction successful districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur and Puri. Six elder IAS officers, who person erstwhile experiences of managing cyclones during their tenure arsenic collectors, person been deployed successful these districts to assistance the section administration. The cyclonic tempest whitethorn besides trigger dense rainfall successful different adjoining districts, starring to flash floods.

While acquisition institutions successful arsenic galore arsenic 14 districts volition stay unopen from Wednesday till Friday, the East Coast Railway has cancelled astir 200 trains.

Going by its erstwhile strategy of evacuating radical from susceptible areas to guarantee “zero casualty”, the Odisha authorities has directed territory administrations to commencement moving residents out.

“Priority volition beryllium fixed to displacement large women, children and aged persons first. Besides implicit 800 multipurpose cyclone shelters, the authorities has prepared 500 much impermanent shelters utilizing schoolhouse and assemblage buildings. We are ensuring each basal facilities, including cooked food, astatine the shelters,” the state’s gross and catastrophe absorption curate Suresh Pujari told reporters.

Chief curate Mohan Charan Majhi urged each MLAs to stay successful their constituencies.

The authorities authorities has already deployed astir 20 teams of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force and 10 teams of the National Disaster Response Force.

Leaves of doctors person been cancelled and they person been called backmost to their respective healthcare centres, portion the wellness section has directed territory authorities to guarantee capable stocks of drugs, including diarrhoea and anti-venom injections.

Tourists and pilgrims person started leaving Puri a time aft the authorities authorities urged them to. The Archaeological Survey of India has announced the closure of each monuments and museums for 2 days.

Prices of vegetables, including murphy and onion, person skyrocketed successful markets arsenic radical edifice to panic buying.