Baleswar district bore the brunt of nature’s fury amid 60 hours shutdown attributed to Corona virus as strong cyclonic wind ripped through the district causing massive damages. Hundreds of trees and mobile towers and electric poles were uprooted, besides the power supply lines were severed.
There is complete breakdown of power supply following thunderstorm accompanied with hails ever since it occurred in the forenoon. Several key roads of the town were blocked while cutting and removing of tree debris was underway. However, neither human injuries nor causalities were reported from any part of the district till the filing of the report.
Superintending Engineer, Nesco, BS Parida said, “Hundreds of trees were uprooted and fell on the supply lines. The tree cutting was on and poles were erected. It would take time. Most likely by late evening, the supply would be restored.”
The residents of the district are forced to be indoor as the State Government enforced more stringent measures , after witnessing spike in the number of positive cases.
The district administration in the 60 hour period has intensified the tracing of people across all blocks and GPs who have returned from West Bengal. Besides it sanitized the containment zones and its adjacent areas, besides other vulnerable pockets.