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Odisha sounds cyclone alert,informs MHA to keep choppers ready

Bhubaneswar: With a depression in the Bay of Bengal intensifying and likely to take the shape of a cyclonic storm in the next two days, Odisha government today asked the Union Home Ministry to keep

PTI Published : Oct 08, 2013 21:52 IST, Updated : Oct 08, 2013 22:10 IST


“Depending on the situation, the state government may require the assistance of defence forces especially the Indian Air Force for rescue and relief operations by air,” Mohapatra said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Disaster Management Authority have been requested to make advance arrangements to keep in readiness IAF helicopters and NDRF personnel at short notice, he said.

The MHA, NDMA and other departments have been told to remain prepared for a possible cyclonic storm, he said
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