Cyclone Yaas: PM Narendra Modi meets Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to assessment damages
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BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reviewed the post-cyclone scenario and damages brought on by Cyclone Yaas at a gathering right here. The Prime Minister was obtained by Governor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi on the Biju Patnaik International Airport right here.
The assessment assembly which is at present underway within the airport convention corridor, is anticipated to proceed until mid-day.
Cyclone Yaas, packing winds gusting to 145 kmph whiplashed elements of Indias japanese coast on Wednesday, killing at the least 4 individuals and abandoning a path of broken houses and flooded farmland, forcing greater than 21 lakh individuals to be evacuated to protected shelters within the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.
After the havoc brought on by the cyclone, heavy post- cyclone rains on Thursday has seen river water ranges rising above the hazard mark, inserting 4 districts of Odisha – Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Keonjhar – on excessive alert.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to go away for West Bengal at 12:10 pm after an aerial survey of the cyclone-hit Balasore and Bhadrak districts in Odisha.
