Panic struck inhabitants of seaside villages of Kendrapada district on Wednesday following a cyclone warning for October 12. The residents have started purchasing grocery items and other necessary things as these people have had the worst experience of sufferings during the 1999 Super Cyclone.
The Meteorological department predicted about the cyclonic storm aftera deep depression occurred over north Andaman Sea which lay centered about 1,100 km east south east of Paradip on Wednesday noon.
The District Magistrate here after getting an alert notice from the Government has cautioned all the PRI representatives in the sea side Rajnagar and Mahakalpada blocks comprising Satabahaya, Ramnagar, Kharnashi and Batighar to remain alert and stock adequate food grains and other necessary items for relief and rescue measures.
Even, the district administration has made necessary arrangements in the cyclone shelters located in the coastal pockets of Rajnagar and Mahakalapada for arranging accommodation for the villagers in the low-lying areas.Tehsildars of Rajnagar and Mahakalapada have been asked to keep a close eye on the situation.
Sources said if cyclone hits the coastal district, then the district administration will provide free kitchen and relief of BPl rice for three days to the affected people. Nearly 20,000 quintals of rice are with millers of the district, whereas another 3,000 quintals of rice are with rice receiving centre. The authorities are leaving nothing to chance, as the 1999 Super Cyclone had created large-scale devastation by killing about 466 people.