New Delhi: National Disaster Management Authority on Saturday said that the administration is in full control of the situation and preparations have been made to limit the damage when the cyclone hits the coast.
NDMA Vice-Chairman M Shashidhar Reddy said that over 50 rescue teams with nearly 2,000 personnel have been put in place in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.
He also said that over three lakh sixty thousand people have been evacuated from four districts of Odisha and more than eighty five thousand people have been evacuated from Andhra Pradesh.
"This might be the second biggest evacuation exercise undertaken since 1990 when six lakh people were evacuated in Andhra Pradesh," Reddy said.
He also added that 29 teams of NDRF have been deployed along with rescue equipment in Odisha. In Andhra Pradesh, 15 teams have been deployed and four additional teams are also being rushed from Tamil Nadu, while seven teams have been deployed in West Bengal.
The teams have been equipped with satellite phones and wireless sets to maintain smooth communication, in case normal communication lines are affected due to the cyclone.
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