‘Asked PM to rethink CAA, NRC’: Mamata after ‘courtesy meet’ with Modi in Kolkata
She told that PM requested her to come to Delhi to discuss the issue as it is a national issue and he has come to Bengal for other programmes.
She told that PM requested her to come to Delhi to discuss the issue as it is a national issue and he has come to Bengal for other programmes.
Paddy crops cultivated in 1,81,000 hectares and standing paddy on 60,611 hectares of land have been completely lost in the natural disaster.
The PM10 level in Kolkata reached a high of 227 in the last five days. The PM2.5 level registered a maximum of 113 during the same period.
Chowdhuri later said that she was in the district to enquire about the ground situation after the cyclone, which claimed at least nine lives and left behind a trail of destruction.
Preliminary report prepared by the state government said that the cyclone had caused damage to crops in three lakh hectares, which includes more than 33 per cent crop damage in over 2 lakh hectares land.
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), meanwhile, provided food and shelter to around 200 people at the Sagar Pilot Station.
'11,347 houses damaged, among which 2,819 houses fully destroyed in East Midnapore'; Crop losses yet to be assessed.
Due to the severe cyclonic storm Bulbul, I have decided to postpone my North Bengal visit in the coming week. Instead, tomorrow (Monday ) I would take an aerial survey of the affected areas around Namkhana and Bakkhali, said MAMATA BANERJEE, WB CM.
A senior official of the NSCBI Airport said that flights operation will be discontinued following Union home ministry’s instructions as cyclone Bulbul is expected to make landfall on the West Bengal coast this evening.
Meanwhile, the intensity of wind weakened gradually as Cyclone Bulbul moved northeastwards before moving to Bangladesh overnight. Both the districts of North and South 24 Parganas are likely to witness heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at one or two places over next 48 hours.
