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Cyclone Jawad: 95 trains cancelled for ‘safety of passengers’. Check full list
Cyclone Jawad is expected to make landfall on December 4 after the low-pressure area forming in the south Andaman Sea intensifies into a depression.
As many as 95 trains passing over or originating from East Coast Railway has been cancelled due to the threat posed by Cyclone Jawad that may hit Odisha on Saturday morning. The cyclonic storm is likely to form over the central Bay of Bengal on December 3. East Coast Railway said that the trains have been cancelled in view of “safety of passengers” the low-pressure area forms in the south Andaman Sea.
The low-pressure area is expected to intensify into a depression and move towards the Odisha coast as a cyclonic storm on December 4. The possible cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal has prompted a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Odisha government has requisitioned National Disaster Response Force, Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force and fire department personnel for rescue and relief operations. Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government has sounded an alert in view of the cyclone threat to the north coastal Andhra region.
As Cyclone Jawad heads towards Odisha, PM Modi holds crucial meeting
List of trains cancelled in wake of Cyclone Jawad:
On Wednesday, Cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba held a review meeting related to the preparedness of Central ministries agencies and state governments to deal with the situation arising out of the impending cyclone. Gauba, the chairman of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), said that "all preventive and precautionary measures should be taken by the concerned agencies of the state governments and those of the Centre before the cyclonic storm makes landfall, so as to avoid any loss of life and minimize damages to property, infrastructure, and crops."
