Responding to the call of duty in emergency situation emerged due to Cyclone Phailin hitting the costal State of Odisha, three Columns from Cockerel Division were swiftly dispatched to Odisha for rescue and relief operations.
Each column comprised of Medical, Engineer Personals, other relief and rescue expedients to help the civil administration in rescue and relief operations. After assessing the damage and destruction caused by the Cyclone in the coastal belt of Odisha, one column has been moved to Baleshwar (Balasore) district to augment the civil administration in the relief operation in area around River Burhabalanga. The displaced populace is being provided with food, shelter and medical facilities by the Army column. The other two columns are carrying out rehabilitations tasks in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar areas.
In addition, two flood relief columns with flood relief expedients and materials from Cockerel Division has also been moved on late evening of October 13 to Jamshedpur on the requisition of East Singhbhum district administration after River Kharkai was in spate and flood water inundated the village Baghbera located in South West of Jamshedpur town. The columns have been tasked to extricate villagers from the village Baghbera, who are stranded on roof tops of their houses for last 24 hrs due to flood water.