Mamata Banerjee Directs Officials To Prepare For Cyclone Amid Warning

Chairing a virtual meeting, Mamata Banerjee directed the officers to arrange for adequate stock of medicines, drinking water, dry food and tarpaulins, officials said.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed senior government officials to make all necessary arrangements after the weather office warned about a cyclonic storm that may hit West Bengal's coastal areas on May 26. Chairing a virtual meeting, Ms Banerjee directed the officers to arrange for adequate stock of medicines, drinking water, dry food and tarpaulins, officials said. She also told the officers to ensure that enough force, from state disaster management team and the police, are deployed, they said. "All cyclone centres and shelters have been asked to be readied. The district magistrates have been directed to take all precautionary measures in the wake of the warnings," an official said.