This is the second tremendous cyclone over the Bay of Bengal in twenty years. (File)
New Delhi: A complete of 41 groups of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed in West Bengal and Odisha to take care of any emergency scenario arising out of cyclone “Amphan”, NDRF chief SN Pradhan mentioned on Tuesday.
Addressing a press convention, Mr Pradhan mentioned cyclone “Amphan” is a second catastrophe coming within the time of already prevailing COVID-19 and it requires steady monitoring.
“A total of 41 NDRF teams including reserves are deployed in two Amphan-affected states of Odisha and West Bengal,” he mentioned.
The NDRF Director General mentioned Amphan shall be extraordinarily extreme cyclonic storm when it makes a landfall on May 20 and its hit potential stays sturdy.
He mentioned the NDRF has learnt from its expertise of dealing with cyclone “Fani” and has deployed tree-pole cutters within the areas that are anticipated to be hit.
“Wireless sets, satellite phones and other communication equipment are also with our teams. Our preparation is on par with facing a super cyclone like the one that hit the Odisha coast in 1999,” he mentioned.
Cyclone “Amphan” has developed into a brilliant cyclone over the Bay of Bengal on Monday and has the potential to trigger intensive harm within the coastal districts of West Bengal when it makes landfall, the federal government had mentioned.
This is the second tremendous cyclone over the Bay of Bengal in twenty years.
The cyclone is anticipated to make landfall on the West Bengal coast within the afternoon of May 20 between Digha in West Bengal and Hatia island in Bangladesh as a particularly extreme cyclonic storm.
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