Oct 12, 2013 07:27 (IST)
- More than one lakh people in Odisha and 64 thousand people in Andhra Pradesh have been evacuated. Odisha will evacuate 5 lakh more as cyclone approaches.
- 1600 NDRF personnel have been deployed in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. 14 teams consisting of 559 personnel and 37 boats have been deployed at different locations in Andhra Pradesh and 23 teams of 950 personnel and 80 boats have deployed at different locations in Odisha.
- Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh and Ganjam, Puri, Khordha, Jagatsinghapur in Odisha are the worst affected areas. Nearly 1.2 crore people will affected by the cyclone.
- Red alert has been sounded and the striking revenue officials have reported for ground work in five districts.
- Odisha has targeted 'zero casualty'. 24 passenger trains have been cancelled in Andhra Pradesh.