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Cyclone Bulbul passes Bengal, PM calls Mamata Banerjee to review situation

Heavy rains lashed coastal West Bengal throughout Saturday, uprooting trees. Wind with gusts up to 135kmph prevailed off the coastal and adjoining districts of West and East Midnapore, South and North 24 Parganas as the eye of the storm made landfall around midnight

Cyclone Bulbul passes Bengal, PM calls Mamata Banerjee to review situation

Hindu pilgrims walk back from the dock after a ferry service to Sagar Island was suspended due to the approaching Cyclone Bulbul in Kakdwip in West Bengal state on November 9, 2019 (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)

The cyclonic storm Bulbul, now lays centered 75 km east-northeast of Sundarban National Park in West Bengal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said as the efforts to mitigate the effects of the natural disaster by the Bengal government proved effective according to the state governor.

“Adverse impact has been contained-thanks to Hon’ble CM leading from the front and there being synergy between State and Central agencies. Appeal to NGOs to particularly come forward and render rehabilitation assistance to the needy,” Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted.

Prime Minister Modi also reviewed the situation in Bengal and called the state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee assuring assistance from the Centre.

Heavy rains lashed coastal West Bengal throughout Saturday, uprooting trees. Gale wind with gusts up to 135kmph prevailed off the coastal and adjoining districts of West and East Midnapore, South and North 24 Parganas as the eye of the storm made landfall around midnight. Two lives have been lost, one each in Bengal and Odisha, due to heavy rain triggered by the very severe cyclonic storm.

At least 75 passengers of a cruise ship in the Bay of Bengal were rescued by the West Bengal police while Severe Cyclone Bulbul raged on Saturday, state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. “These people did not know about the calamity. The 24 Parganas South police superintendent led the rescue,” Banerjee said at the special control room in the state secretariat Nabanna.

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