Cyclone Fani

Cyclone Fani: Odisha to evacuate 8 lakh people to safety by Thursday afternoon

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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday reviewed the State’s preparedness as cyclone Fani is expected to make a landfall in Odisha coast in Puri on Friday afternoon and directed evacuation of nearly 8 lakh people resinding along the coast and low lying area by Thursday afternoon. The evacuation operation will be carried out mostly […]

Cyclone Fani to make landfall at Tandahar in Puri on Friday afternoon: JTWC

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Bhubaneswar: As per the latest forecast by JTWC at 8 pm today, the cyclone Fani would cross near Tandahar, 10 km north of Chandrabhaga, in Puri district on Friday afternoon.The wind speed before land fall would be about 185 kmph and pass through Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore before going to West Bengal. On the […]

Cyclone Fani: Check full list of trains cancelled, diverted in Odisha

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Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways on Wednesday announced a list cancelled trains on account of Cycloen Fani. The Railways released a communiqué a list of cancelled trains. The East Coast Railway (ECoR), an arm of the Indian Railways, cancelled a large number trains on account of Cyclone Fani. While train services between Bhadrak-Vizianagaram will be stopped from […]

Cyclone Fani: Damage expected and action suggested

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Cyclone Fani, India’s strongest summertime cyclone in the last 43 years, is likely to hit the Odisha coast by Friday afternoon. After landfall, it is likely to move to Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts of Odisha and then enter to West Bengal. Dos and Don’ts Total destruction of thatched houses/ extensive damage to […]

Cyclone Fani: 23 IAS, IPS officers deployed across Odisha for relief & rescue operations

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Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Wednesday deputed 23 senior IAS and IPS officers to different districts likely to be affected by the very severe cyclonic storm Fani. The 21 officials include 12 IAS officers and 11 IPS officers. While senior IAS officer Suresh Mahapatra was given the assignment to look after relief and restoration measures […]

Cyclone Fani: Five IAS officers assigned to oversee relief & restoration work

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Bhubaneswar: Five senior IAS officers were assigned to oversee relief and restoration work in five highly vulnerable districts likely to be affected by very severe cyclonic storm Fani. While Suresh Mahapatra was given the responsibility of Puri, Pradipta Mohapatra was asked to oversee relief and restoration work in Jagatsinghpur, Pradeep Jena in Kendrapara, Anil Samal […]

BJD will do good in elections and win Patkura poll, claims Naveen

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Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday claimed that BJD will do good in the elections and also win the Patkura Assembly election in Kendrapara district. “BJD will do good in the elections and also win the Patkura Assembly election. I urge the CEC to postpone the Patkura elections […]

All you want to know about cyclonic storm “Fani” and its impact on Odisha

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The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm “Fani” over Southeast and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 23 kmph in last six hours and lay centred about 830 km nearly south of Puri and 670 km south-southeast of Vishakhapatnam and about 680 km northeast of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. It is […]