NCMC directs States to ensure proper running of COVID centres during Cyclone Tauktae

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba met on May 16, where the top bureaucrat of the country directed agencies to ensure "uninterrupted" fun

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba met on May 16, where the top bureaucrat of the country directed agencies to ensure "uninterrupted" functioning of the COVID hospitals in the States affected by the impending Cyclone Tauktae and secure "zero loss" of lives. Officers from various Central agencies, the Chief Secretaries of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the administrators of the Union Territories of Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu took part in the meeting, a statement issued by the government said. The NCMC met to review the preparedness of the Central and State agencies to deal with the cyclonic storm that is expected to reach the Gujarat coast in the morning of May 18 with wind speeds ranging from 150-160 km per hour, accompanied by heavy rainfall and storm surge, it said.