Odisha Gears up to meet Cyclone : CM Naveen exhorted Zero Casualties

Bhubaneswar : CM Naveen Patnaik has exhorted all district administration officials to maintain zero-casualty approach in cyclone preparedness while simultaneously focussing on COVID19 management.

Cyclone to affect 7 lakh people in Odisha! As per the predicted path of the cyclone, around 7 lakh people in 649 villages along the sea coast are likely to be severely affected. 

There are 809 cyclone shelters in 12 districts expected to be affected by the predicted cyclonic storm, among these, 242 are being used as COVID19 temporary medical centres, rest 567 are available; 7,092 more buildings identified to be used as cyclone shelters.