Central team reaches Odisha, to visit cyclone-hit areas from today
Central team reaches Odisha, to visit cyclone-hit areas from today
A seven-member Inter-Ministerial Central Team arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Sunday to make an assessment of damages caused by cyclone Yaas.
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Indian Coast guard carries out rescue operations in Odisha. (Pic credit: PTI)
A seven-member Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), headed by Ministry of Home Affairs Joint Secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal, arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Sunday to make an assessment of damages caused by cyclone Yaas.
The team is scheduled to visit Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada and Mayurbhanj districts on Monday and Tuesday.
COVID-19: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation to screen, test passengers at railway station
The Commissioner, meanwhile, said that contact tracing of a person, who arrived from South Africa recently and tested positive, has been completed.
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The civic body, however, is yet to decide on screening of passengers coming through bus or private transport. (File photo| PTI) By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: As Covid-19 cases are spiking in different parts of the country, triggering fear of resurgence of the virus in the State, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday announced to set up two screening and testing camps at the City railway station for persons coming from other states.