According to the predictions cyclone Jawad is expected to hit coasts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday morning. It will likely bring weighty rains and solid breezes running as much as 100 kilometers each hour.
The downturn over Bay of Bengal is expected to escalate into a cyclonic storm on Friday and move northwestwards, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday.
Cyclone Jawad will contact the Odisha coast close to Puri around early afternoon on Sunday, said IMD.
PM Narendra Modi led a significant level meeting on Thursday to survey the readiness of states, central services and concerned offices to manage the circumstances emerging out of the predicted development of Cyclone Jawad.
Mr Modi guided authorities to take each possible measure to guarantee that individuals are securely shifted to safe places and to guarantee maintenance of all essential facilities like power, telecommunications, health and drinking water, said the PMO.
Odisha plans to send 266 recuse teams across the southern coast, which would incorporate National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Fire Services and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF).
Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) of Odisha, Pradeep Kumar Jena said, “The state government is well prepared to deal the emerging situation 14 coastal districts have been put on alert and asked to take all necessary steps in view of impending cyclonic storm.”
Odisha has likewise quit fishing activities along the whole shoreline as a precautionary measure.
The Andhra Pradesh government has likewise announced a high alert and sent official machinery in three districts across the north coast.
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy addressed Collectors of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam areas on Thursday and guided them to go to every precaution.
West Bengal may also see heavy rainfall due to cyclone Jawad.
