Following the alert, the Sundarbans district police, under whose jurisdiction Sagar Islands comes, had decided to ensure absolute security at the coastal entry points to the Gangasagar Mela Venue.
The state will send a high-level committee to inspect the damage surrounding areas of Kapil Muni’s ashram at Sagar Island following high tide.
To ensure that covid infection does not spread due to the huge gathering, 13 medical screening camps would be set up at the mela ground. Prior to boarding buses from Kolkata while going to Gangasagar, RTPCR tests will be conducted for the pilgrims. A 600-bedded Covid hospital, 11 quarantine centres and five isolation centres have been set up at the mela premises.
A special camp was today set up at the Kachuberia Ghat where all transport workers, shopkeepers, labourers have been vaccinated onboard a vessel. On 7 September, a special water ambulance service will be flagged off to help ferry patients from Gadkhali to Gosaba.
The cyclone, which is in its initial stage as a depression lay centred about 670 km south-southeast of Digha at around 11.30 a.m.
The Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), meanwhile, provided food and shelter to around 200 people at the Sagar Pilot Station.
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.
Till now, about 2,176 cases of lost people being reunited with their families have been recorded
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