Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Flight services at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) have been suspended owing to the impending severe Cyclone Dana which will hit the Odisha Coast on October 24 at midnight. The BPIA sources informed that around 40 flights have been suspended from 5 pm on October 24 to 9 am on October 25. “As [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday said that all the necessary preparations to achieve zero casualties and tackle the impact of the impending severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ have been completed. CM Majhi held discussions with the Collectors of Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Cuttack, Khordha and Jajpur over the [...]

Bhubaneswar: The severe cyclonic storm Dana set to hit the Odisha coast at midnight is likely to recurve after making landfall between Bhitarkanika in Kendrapara district and Dhamara in the Bhadrak district. “The cyclonic storm will make landfall while moving towards north-west Odisha as per the forecast. It is expected to slightly recurve towards west [...]

Bhubaneswar: The cyclonic storm Dana developed over east-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a ‘severe’ cyclonic storm The severe cyclonic storm is expected to hit the Odisha coast between Bhitarkanika in Kendrapara district and Dhamra in Bhadrak district on October 24 night and October 25 morning. “The cyclonic storm ‘DANA’ (pronounced as Dana) over [...]

Cyclone Dana: Leave Homes and Come to Relief Centres, Odisha Minister to People Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Wednesday appealed to people in affected districts to leave their homes and come to nearby cyclone shelters leaving their residences. “We expect that around 10 lakh people will be evacuated from affected [...]

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department on Wednesday predicted that the impending cyclonic storm Dana is expected to hit the Odisha coast between Bhitarkanika of Kendrapara district and Dhamara area of Bhadrak district on October 24 and 25. “It is very likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over northwest Bay of [...]

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha has geared up to tackle the impending cyclonic storm ‘Dana’, Biju Janata Dal President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik has urged all to cooperate with the administration in cyclone management. LoP Naveen appealed to the people not to get panicked as Odisha has a very effective disaster management policy in [...]

Bhubaneswar: The deep depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal on Wednesday morning intensified into a cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ and is likely to hit Odisha and West Bengal coasts a day later. “Yesterday’s deep depression over the east-central Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 18 kmph during the past six hours and [...]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has activated a round-the-clock Disaster Management Cell at its headquarters at Rail Sadan here, as well as at Divisional headquarters in Khurda Road, Visakhapatnam, and Sambalpur for the early restoration of train services and railway infrastructure affected in the severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ which is expected to hit the [...]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja on Tuesday chaired a secretary-level meeting to review the state’s preparedness to deal with the impending cyclone ‘Dana’. The meeting was attended by Satyabrata Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department; Deoranjan Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department and Special Relief Commissioner; Surendra Kuma, Additional Chief [...]