Cyclone Asani: Mamata’s 3-days visit to West Midnapore rescheduled

 Farmers in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district are bracing up for Cyclone ‘Asani’ as IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in West Bengal, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh

Trinamool Congress General Sectary Kunal Ghosh on Sunday said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s three-day program in West Midnapore and Jhargram has been rescheduled due to the prediction of cyclone ‘Asani’. “The new dates for CM Banerjee’s visit are May 17, 18, and 19 instead of May 10, 11, and 12. Everyone has been instructed to be alert, due to the storm. So that’s why the program of honorable CM is rescheduled”, said Kunal Ghosh.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has put on alert its employees and disaster management teams in view of Cyclone Asani, which is likely to intensify further into a severe cyclone, Mayor Firhad Hakim said today. He said the leaves of some employees are being canceled to deal with any emergency.

Farmers in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district are bracing up for Cyclone ‘Asani’ as IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in West Bengal, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh. The farmers in the last two cyclones suffered a loss of life and property. According to the IMD, Kolkata and south Bengal is likely to receive heavy rain between May 10 and 13. Before that farmers are trying to save their harvested crops from the field.

110 dead in four days due to heavy rains across country; Patna worst hit

As many as 13 deaths were also reported on Saturday from Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in incidents triggered by heavy rains

Nearly 110 people died in rain-related incidents across the country in the past four days, with Uttar Pradesh reporting the maximum deaths, while incessant rainfall in Bihar has badly hit normal life, with almost all areas of capital city Patna under knee-deep waters and people struggling to meet their daily needs.

In what the weather department said could be the longest delayed withdrawal of Monsoon, rains continued to lash several states including Bihar, where at least 13 people have died over the past 48 hours, while large swathes were inundated, affecting railway traffic, healthcare services, schools and disrupting power supply. In Uttar Pradesh, at least 79 people have died since Thursday. According to a state government report, 25 people died on Saturday, 18 lost their lives on Friday and 36 the day before.

In Gujarat, three women drowned after their car was swept away at a flooded causeway in Rajkot district on Sunday following heavy rains in several parts of Saurashtra region, officials said. As many as 13 deaths were also reported on Saturday from Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in incidents triggered by heavy rains…

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