By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Deoranjan Kumar Singh, IAS, Special Relief Commissioner &, Additional Chief Secretary to Government has written to The Commissioner-cum-Secretary to School & Mass Education Department regarding Closing of schools from 23rd October to 25th October 2024 in view of impending Cyclonic Storm over Bay of Bengal.
Keeping in view, the schools in the above districts from 23d october to 25th October 2024 shall remain closed as a precautionary measure. lt is, therefore, requested to please take necessary action in this regard under intimation to this Department.
As you are aware, lMD, Bhubaneswar has predicted that a well-marked low pressure area has been developed over east central Bay of Bengal at 1130 hours IST of today, the 21st October 2024 which is very likely to move westnorthwestwards and intensify into a depression by 22nd October morning and into a cyclonic storm by 23rd October,2024 over east central Bay of Bengal.
Thereafter, it is very likely to move north westwards and reach northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha-West Bengal coasts by 24th October morning. lt is further very likely to cross north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Puri and Sagar lsland during night of 24th and early morning 25th October, 2024 as a severe Cyclonic Storm with a wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting 120 kmph.
Under its impact, Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Angul, Khordha, Nayagarh and Cuttack districts are llkely to be affected with wind action as well as heavy rainfall.
