Cyclone Dana impact: 3 killed in Bengal, Mamata orders crop loss survey

“He (Das) was doing immoderate enactment with networking cables astatine his residence erstwhile helium died. The postmortem volition springiness a clearer picture. We volition assistance the household if needed,” the CM said aft holding a gathering to reappraisal the concern successful cyclone-hit areas.

Another person, Sourav Gupta (22), a nonmigratory of Bhawanipur successful Kolkata who hailed from Bihar, was electrocuted erstwhile helium was returning location connected Friday evening, constabulary said.

Goutam Chattopadhyay (38), a impermanent staffer astatine the Howrah municipal corp died aft helium fell successful a waterlogged spot connected a roadworthy and came successful interaction with an unfastened electrical ligament successful the Tantipara country of Howrah, officers said.

Meanwhile, authorities person besides been directed to administer mosquito nets to forestall the outbreak of diseases owed to waterlogging successful galore parts of the state, including Kolkata.

Relief camps would proceed operations until upwind conditions amended significantly, Banerjee said, adding that the rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force should beryllium deployed for 2 much days successful the affected districts.

The CM besides asked officials to cheque whether telemedicine facilities could beryllium made avaialble arsenic required. The authorities would look into the substance of those whose houses were destroyed, she said.

Referring to a survey by the cultivation section pursuing the caller floods successful the state, she directed officials to initiate different survey of farmlands to find retired the grade of harm caused by Cyclone Dana.

The CM asked them to hole a database of the damaged cultivation onshore to assistance farmers get wealth from harvest insurance. She besides said NDRF and SDRF teams should stay astatine their respective areas of deployment for 48 hours.

While the “severe” Cyclone Dana spared West Bengal from largescale demolition dissimilar erstwhile storms specified arsenic Amphan and Bulbul, it breached embankments and brought torrential rains, causing sizeable spot harm successful the confederate areas, keeping the medication connected precocious alert adjacent aft the tempest passed connected Friday morning.

The storm, which made landfall betwixt Bhitarkanika and Dhamra successful Odisha, brought rainfall and beardown winds to galore parts of the neighbouring West Bengal, peculiarly Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas.

Banerjee was astatine Nabanna, the office of the authorities administration, passim the intervening nighttime of Thursday and Friday to show the concern and contented indispensable instructions to officials.

Later connected Friday, Leader of Opposition successful the authorities Assembly and BJP person Suvendu Adhikari targeted the CM and said, “This is thing but drama. She (CM) tin springiness instructions from her house, done a mobile phone. [Instead] She did this to pull media attraction and amusement that she is doing large work. But ultimately, it volition not assistance flood-affected people.”

The cyclone made landfall astir 3:30 americium connected Friday.

Mayor Firhad Hakim, who besides monitored the concern overnight from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) power room, noted that the “high tide successful the Hooghly River and incessant rainfall whitethorn dilatory down drainage efforts.”
As forecast by the Met, the coastal districts of Purba Medinipur and South 24 Parganas experienced the worst interaction of the storm. Initial estimates from the territory medication bespeak that 350-400 kutcha dwellings were damaged successful Purba Medinipur, on with astir 250 uprooted trees and 175 downed energy poles.

In South 24 Parganas, aggregate reports indicated that mud embankments were breached by seawater. Initial estimates from the medication uncover that astir 300 kutcha houses were damaged and astir 50 energy poles were uprooted crossed the territory during the storm.

The Kapil Muni temple premises successful Gangasagar was thoroughly inundated aft oversea h2o gushed in. Several trees were uprooted successful Sagar Island and low-lying areas were flooded arsenic h2o levels roseate up to a metre owed to the consequent precocious tide.

Cyclone Dana is besides apt to person severely impacted agriculture, peculiarly atom cultivation, arsenic extended areas of paddy fields were flattened and mature crops were submerged successful water.

Farmers successful Paschim Medinipur and different affected areas, who already faced losses from the caller flooding, expressed interest implicit the further harm caused by the cyclone.

Meanwhile, ample parts of Kolkata faced terrible waterlogging good past the day hours connected Friday arsenic the cyclone brought torrential rainfall successful its wake, inundating areas crossed the city.

Due to incessant rainfall since Friday morning, h2o has accumulated successful respective places of Central Avenue. Water has besides accumulated successful Mahatma Gandhi Road, Park Street, Theatre Road, Camac Street. Part of Strand Road adjacent North Port constabulary presumption is nether water. Water has accumulated adjacent Science City. Belgharia Road, Burdwan Road and immoderate roads successful Alipore are waterlogged.

According to the determination Met bureau successful Alipore, Kolkata recorded implicit 100 mm of rainfall by 11:30 americium connected Friday implicit the erstwhile 24 hours.