NDRF, Rescued 10 People from a River in Jagatsinghpur after their Boat Capsized
Bureau,Odishabarta
Jagatsinghpur:The NDRF, together with the district administration of Jagatsinghpur, has rescued 10 people from a river after their boat capsized, amid rough weather conditions under the influence of cyclone ‘Yaas’. In a video tweeted by the Jagatsinghpur District Collector, rescue personnel on Tuesday night can be seen holding on to an inflatable boat as people disembarked.
“Fantastic work by NDRF and BDO, Erasama during Cyclone Yaas rescuing 10 people in the late night from a river after their boat capsized,” Jagatsinghpur District Collector Sangram K Mohapatra stated on Wednesday.The arduous operation was carried out in the midst of light drizzle and 45-kmph wind speed, he added.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has also lauded the rescue effort.
Cyclone ‘Yaas’ made its landfall on Wednesday morning near Dhamra port in Odisha at 130-140 kmph, gusting to 155 kmph, according to Doppler radar data. Several places, including Odisha’s Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara districts, and neighbouring West Bengal’s Kanthi, Diamond Harbour, Basirhat, Tamluk and Uluberia are expected to experience ingress of the storm surge.
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