New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will journey to West Bengal and Odisha at this time to take inventory of the scenario within the wake of Cyclone Amphan. He will conduct aerial surveys and participate in assessment conferences, the place features of reduction and rehabilitation shall be mentioned. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had requested the Prime Minister to go to the state and examine the injury, which she claimed was within the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.
Cyclone Amphan — the fiercest in 283 years — had pounded the North and South 24 Parganas and state capital Kolkata for greater than 4 hours on Wednesday throughout landfall, uprooting bushes, flattening electrical energy poles, damaging buildings and killing 76 individuals.
The cyclone additionally brought on widespread devastation in neighbouring Odisha, damaging energy and telecom infrastructure in a number of coastal districts. Officials of the Odisha authorities estimated that it has affected round 44.eight lakh individuals within the state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Ms Banerjee and given assurances of assist.
Here are the updates on Cyclone Amphan:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Bengal and Odisha at this time for an aerial survey of the bottom scenario after yesterday’s havoc by cyclone Amphan.