Cyclone Ashani is heading towards the coastal Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. As a result, it started raining in Kolkata on Monday afternoon. It is raining with a gentle breeze in Kolkata after evening. The thunder has already become quite strong. It is now moving towards the coast of Andhra and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour. The wind is blowing. Many areas of Kolkata have also been submerged.
Meanwhile, the police have landed in the Sundarbans area of South 24 Parganas including Digha, Mandarmani, Tajpur and Shankarpur. They are announcing not to go to sea. Police are also conducting boat raids on rivers in the Sundarbans.
According to the Kolkata Meteorological Office, the thunderstorm may first hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh, then turn and enter Odisha. Even if it doesn’t hit West Bengal so hard, the thunderstorm will hit this state. As a result, there will be heavy rain with thunder. Meanwhile, heavy rains have already started in the coastal areas of the state, including Kolkata.
According to the Alipore Meteorological Department in Kolkata, heavy rains and strong winds are expected in the coastal areas of East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas of the state. As a result, the sea will be rough. So tourists have already been instructed not to go to the beach. Alert has been issued at Kolkata Airport. It has been instructed not to fly small planes from Kolkata airport tomorrow. Kolkata Municipality has canceled the leave of all its employees. The administration of all these areas has been directed to take appropriate measures to deal with the thunderstorm. Now the thunder has increased and turned into a whirlwind.
Ashani is located 410 km from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and 590 km from Puri in Odisha this evening.
West Bengal State Secretariat Nabanna and control rooms have been opened in various departments in East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas to deal with the cyclone. The National Disaster Response Team (NDRF), the State Disaster Response Team (SDRF) and the Coast Guard, Indian Navy have been made ready. Cyclone shelters have been set up in different areas. Dry food, drinking water, tents and other items are stored in the district headquarters. They have also been asked to take shelter in local schools and colleges if the storm starts. Digha, Mandarmani, Tajpur, Shankarpur, Ramnagar of East Midnapore – a team of volunteers has been formed to deal with the storm in these coastal areas.
The leave of the employees of Calcutta Municipal Corporation has been canceled and they have been directed to stay in their respective jobs. Control rooms have also been set up in Mausumi, Ghoramara Island, Namkhana, Sagar and Pathar Pratima areas of Sundarbans area of South 24 Parganas. Necessary instructions have been given to the people of the low lying areas of the sea to take shelter in the shelter if necessary.
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