with the imminent Cyclonic Storm Dana Likely to hit the Odisha coast between October 24 and 25, the Mohan Majhi government has ordered the closure of all schools in 14 of the 30 districts that are likely to be affected by heavy rain and strong winds.
Issue a letter to the Commissioner and Secretary to the Government. The Department of School and Mass Education, the office of the Special Relief Commissioner informed about the government’s decision to close schools in the affected districts from October 23 to 25. Schools in Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Angul, Khordha, Nayagarh and Cuttack will remain closed for three days from October 23.
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President Droupadi Murmu’s planned visit to Odisha starting Wednesday has also been postponed due to the impending cyclone. President Murmu was scheduled to visit Bangriposi, Uparbeda, Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district as well as Puri and Bhubaneswar from October 23 to 25 and then lay the foundation stones of three railway lines: Bangiriposi – Gorumahisani, Buramara-Chakulia and Badampahar-Kendujhargarh .
The low pressure area over the east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining North Andaman Sea is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression by Tuesday morning and become a cyclonic storm on Wednesday over east-central Bay of Bengal, IMD officials said. saying. The storm is likely to cross the coast between northern Odisha and Bengal coast between the night of October 24 and the morning of October 25.
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Meanwhile, pilgrims and tourists from other states have been asked to leave the temple town of Puri by Wednesday. “As there is a sufficient probability that Puri may be affected by the cyclone, the district administration has been asked to ensure that devotees from different parts of Odisha and outside the state leave the city from tomorrow. We will try to get them to safer places before the arrival of Cyclone Dana,” said Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari.
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