ONKAR SINGH / NEW DELHI
The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the chairmanship of PK Sinha, Cabinet Secretary, met in New Delhi today for the second time in as many days and reviewed the preparedness with the concerned States and Departments of Government of India, to deal with the situation arising out of the Cyclonic Storm ‘Fani’.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that the Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘FANI’ lay centred this afternoon at about 800 kms South of Puri.
As per IMD, it is very likely to intensify further into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 24 hours and move northwestwards till tomorrow evening and thereafter recurve north-northeastwards and reach Odisha Coast by May 3.