As Cyclone 'Dana' made landfall in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday held a review meeting post-Cyclone Dana with Deputy CM Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo at the State Relief Centre.
Addressing a press conference, CM Majhi eight lakh people have been evacuated so far and restoration of electric wires is underway. He also informed that the officials are facing problems due to continuous rain.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday asserted that no casualties have been reported during Cyclone Dana adding that almost 6 lakh people have been shifted to safer places.
The weather department also informed that the cyclone Dana is very likely to move north-northwestwards and cross the north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar Island close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara (Odisha) during the next 3 to 4 hours as a severe cyclonic storm with a
The IMD has indicated that Cyclone Dana is likely to move north-westwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over the northwest Bay of Bengal by the early hours of October 24.