Odisha braces up for Cyclone Phailin, cancels Durga Puja festivities; Naveen Patnaik says state fully prepared The storm over east central Bay of Bengal moved westwards, slightly intensified further and lay centred about 590 km south-southeast of Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district and 600 km southeast of Gopalpur in Ganjam district, SC Sahu, director of Bhubaneswar meteorological centre said. * Will forcefully evacuate people if necessary: Odisha govt The Odisha government is bracing up for super cyclone Phailin with the armed forces being put on standy. Special Relief Commissioner PK Mahapatra has said the government will do its best to ensure there is zero human casualty. “Our first concern is zero human casualties.. no one will be allowed to stay in any kachha house.. anyone who stays back will be forcefully evacuated,” Mahapatra said. * Andhra puts 6 districts on high alert; round-the-clock control room at Secretariat Andhra Pradesh Disaster Management Commissio...
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