National Crisis Management Committee meets again

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New Delhi : The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the chairmanship of P K Sinha, Cabinet Secretary, met here on April 30, 2019, for the second time in as many days and reviewed the preparedness with the states and the Departments concerned of Government of India to deal with the situation arising out of the Cyclonic Storm ‘Fani’.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that the Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘FANI’ lay centred at about 800 km South of Puri n April 30 afternoon. As per IMD, it is very likely to intensify further into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 24 hours and move northwestwards till May 1, 2019, evening, and thereafter recurve north-northeastwards and reach Odisha Coast by May 3 afternoon.

Ganjam, Gajapati, Khurda, Puri, and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha, East & West Medinipur, South & North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hoogly and Kolkata districts of West Bengal and Srikakulam and Vijayanagram districts of Andhra Pradesh are likely to be affected as per present indications.

Based on the decision of the first meeting of NCMC, the Centre has already released advance financial assistance of Rs 1,086 crore to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal to assist them in undertaking preventive and relief measures.

Reviewing the preparedness of the States and Central Agencies, the Cabinet Secretary directed that all necessary measures be taken to prevent any loss of life and to keep in readiness essential supplies including food, drinking water and medicine etc. He also advised all concerned to make adequate preparations to ensure maintenance of essential services such as power, telecommunications in the event of damages caused to them. During the meeting, officers of all  State Governments concerned confirmed their preparedness to deal with any emerging situation arising out of the cyclonic storm, according to a PIB release.