Odisha Govt Issues Advisory for Rainfall and Thunderstorm

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today issued an advisory to all District Collectors in wake of the IMD’s prediction of rainfall and thunderstorm with lightning across the State.

In a letter to Collectors, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena asked them to closely monitor the situation and take appropriate steps to face any eventuality.

The IMD has issued rainfall alert to 11 districts, such as Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Puri and Nayagarh.

There will be gusty wind speed reaching 30 to 40 kmph at one or two places in these districts, the weather predicts.

The SRC said disaster incident/damage may be reported to the state emergency operation centre immediately for information of the Government.

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