GUWAHATI: Assam State Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management, Bhabesh Kalita asked all Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to take up the necessary measures as a high alert has been sounded in Assam due to Cyclone Fani.
The cyclone Fani made landfall in Puri on Odisha coast on May 3 triggering heavy rainfall coupled with high-velocity winds.
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According to information provided by the Borjhar-based Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC), heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places in Assam on May 3 and very heavy rainfall on May 4 and 5.
In the meanwhile, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed Chief Secretary Alok Kumar to take steps for evacuating tourists and devotees of Assam who may be stranded in the coastal State Odisha.
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