Floods Maroon 300 Villages in Odisha's Ganjam, State Plans Airlift of Stranded People

Cyclone Arnab: Coast Guard starts air evacuations; Odisha deploys 79 rescue teams in 2 districts

Bhubaneswar, Oct 29 (PTI) Indian Coast Guard on Thursday started airlifting marooned people from flood and landslide-hit Ganjam, while the Odisha government deployed 79 teams from different disaster response agencies for rescue operations in two districts following Cyclone Arnab, officials said. Chief Secretary Anu Garg said around 300 villages of Ganjam district were affected by […]

Floods maroon 300 villages in Odisha, India after Cyclone Arnab...

The Odisha government is coordinating with the Union Home Ministry to airlift people stranded in Ganjam district, where heavy rain and flash floods triggered by Cyclone Arnab have marooned around 300 villages, Chief Secretary Anu Garg said on Thursday, reported PTI. Tthe state has deployed 54 teams from various disaster response agencies for rescue operations as washed-out highways and disrupted train services hamper connectivity. However, low c…

Floods maroon 300 villages in Odisha's Ganjam, state plans airlift of stranded people

Heavy rain has disrupted road and rail connectivity in the state, with 54 disaster response teams deployed for rescue operations as low clouds threaten to delay

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Cyclone Arnab strands 300 Ganjam villages, Odisha plans airlifts

The Odisha government was coordinating with the Union Home Ministry to airlift people from Ganjam district, where around 300 villages have been marooned by heavy rain and flash floods triggered by Cyclone Arnab, a top official of the state said on Thursday.