Naveen’s appeal to people NOT TO PANIC

Bhubaneswar: With deep depression over the Bay of Bengal l i k e l y t o tri g g e r extreme heavy rain in some distri c ts of Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday appealed to people to remain safe and ensure the safety of their family members as well without getting perturbed. “The IMD has forecast intense spells of rain in f o u r d istri c ts o f Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Bhadrak districts from tonight. I appeal to people not to panic but rather follow the i n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e administration.” Naveen further said that ‘every life is precious’ for the Odisha government. The MeT office has issued red warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) at a few places with isolated extremely heavy falls (>20cm) for Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts till 8.30 am on Saturday. Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) is also likely at a few places in Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, D h e n k a n a l , A n g u l , Deogarh, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Boudh, Balangir, and
Jajpur. Some places in Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, N u a p a d a , G a n j a m , Nayaga rh, Khordha , Rayagada , Ga j apa ti, Nawarangpur, Koraput, Malkangiri and Puri may also experience heavy rainfall during this period. Squally wind speed reaching 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph is likely to previal over North Bay of Bengal and along and off Odisha coast till midnight. Following which, the w i n d s p e e d w i l l gr adua lly de c r e a s e becoming 45-55 kmph gusting 65 kmph by Saturday morning over the same region and 35- 45 kmph gusting 55 kmph by the evening, it added. Notably, the Bhadrak administr a tion had ordered for closure of all schools and Anganwadi centres on Friday in view of the heavy rainfall forecast. Ba l a s o r e c o ll e c t o r Dattatreya Bhaosaheb Sindhe has also directed the officials concerned not to allow the visitors inside tourist places – Chandipur, Talasari, Kasafala, Dagara and Panchlingeswar – on Friday and Saturday. The tourists have also been advised against staying a t t h e s e p l a c e s overnight.

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