Photos | The Amphan effect: Devastation, despair in West Bengal

Cyclone Amphan hit West Bengal with an intensity next to that of the disastrous Super Cyclone that struck Odisha in 1999. The government informed that there were major damages to agriculture, power and telecommunication facilities in Cyclone affected areas that left about 86 people dead. The state government with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Indian Army is taking the task of restoration hands on in efforts to revive normalcy in the lives of affected by the Cyclone.

Updated on: May 24, 2020 7:09 PM IST

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A woman salvages her belongings from her house damaged due to Cyclone Amphan, at Kakdwip, in the Sunderbans, on May 22. The most severe storm in the Bay of Bengal since the super cyclone of 1999, made landfall around 20km east of Sagar Island in the Sunderbans, cutting off road links, snapping telecommunications and power lines. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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Women fill water from a handpump after their local pond was filled with saline water that has killed fresh water fish and was brought upstream due to the cyclone. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to the state that the cyclone had, according to the government’s back of the envelope calculations, caused destruction worth Rs. 1 lakh crore. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A man points towards a pond filled with saline water due to Cyclone Amphan. Chief Secretaries of Odisha and West Bengal informed the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) that timely and accurate forecast by the IMD and advance deployment of NDRF facilitated the evacuation of about 5 lakh people in West Bengal. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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Dead fish after saline water was brought upstream due to Cyclone Amphan. West Bengal informed that there were major damages to agriculture, power and telecommunication facilities in cyclone affected areas. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A man shows a sack of rice spoilt due to Cyclone Amphan. “Food Corporation of India (FCI) will also ensure adequate availability of food grains, especially rice, to West Bengal so that marooned people are provided immediate sustenance”, the Chief Secretary of West Bengal issued in a statement. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A family rebuilding their home damaged due to Cyclone Amphan. The Defence Ministry sent columns of Indian Army to help restore infrastructure in state capital Kolkata following a request from the West Bengal government that appeared to have been overwhelmed by the magnitude of the relief work needed in the state battered by cyclone amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A C-130J aircraft of IAF positioning NDRF Teams for relief operations, in Kolkata. Five columns of the Army were deployed in different parts of the city and North and South 24 Parganas districts. An Army column has 35 men, including officers and junior commissioned officers. (ANI)

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A woman standing in her home damaged due to Cyclone Amphan. Army personnel equipped with road and tree clearance equipment were deployed at Tollygunge, Ballygunge and Behala in south Kolkata. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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A woman spreads quilts and sheets for drying after salvaging them from the rubble of her damaged house in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, in South 24 Parganas district. (Rupak De Chowdhuri / REUTERS)

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves at the villagers during her meeting for Cyclone Amphan, on May 23. The home department of the Government of West Bengal circulated in a tweet that they had also reached out to the railways, port authorities and the private sector to join the gigantic restoration task ahead. (PTI)