CM’s scheduled visit to West Midnapore and Jhargram changed due to fear of Asani

HnExpress Mayank Chakravarty, Weather Report : As Deep depression turns into cyclone Asani is gradually increasing its strength in Bay of Bengal. As per latest IMD updates Cyclone is gradually increasing its strength, Rain will start in South Bengal from Tuesday. On other hand Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was supposed to visit West Midnapore and Jhargram.

She was scheduled to leave on May 10, and to remain there on 11 and 12. Later on information visit schedule has been changed due to fears of unrest. Now there is change is in the schedule of the Chief Minister’s district visit. As per the news Instead of above mentioned she will go on May 17, 18 and 19th May. The local Municipality has also started preparations in advance.

State administration has to prepare for the thunderstorm. Meanwhile, Sanjeev Bandyopadhyay, eastern director of the Meteorological Department, said the cyclone would turn into a thunderstorm in the next 12 hours, moving north-west and reaching the Andhra-Orissa coast, moving parallel to the north-west from the coast.

Due to which strong winds can blow in the coastal districts. Heavy rains are forecast from Tuesday to Thursday in the coastal district of East Midnapore and two of the 24 parganas. The work has started. Mayor Firhad Hakim said, there will be more water in Kolkata. We have alerted all the pumping stations.

There will be control rooms in the municipality. All in all, utilizing the previous experience, this time the administration is making all preparations from all angles to deal with the disaster.