(PM Narendra Modi held meeting with the officials at Basirhat, West Bengal, on May 22, 2020)
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New Delhi : On receipt of written request from Principal Secretary Disaster Management and Civil Defence , Government of West Bengal, for deployment of additional teams, ten additional NDRF teams have been mobilised and being rushed at the earliest from NDRF locations outside West Bengal. These teams are likely to reach Kolkata by late night on May 23, 2020.
At present, 26 NDRF teams are deployed in cyclone affected areas of West Bengal for restoration work. The additional deployment of 10 teams will bring the total deployment to 36 teams of NDRF across the 6 districts of West Bengal affected by Cyclone Amphanaccording to a PIB release.