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Cyclone Arnab: Odisha evacuates over 31,000 people, deploys 315 disaster response teams

Bhubaneswar, Oct 28 (UNI) Odisha has evacuated 31,255 people to safety across eight cyclone-affected districts and deployed 315 disaster response teams as severe cyclonic storm Arnab completes its landfall process along the Yanam–Andhra Pradesh coast.
With heavy rainfall lashing several parts of southern and western Odisha, the state government has intensified emergency preparedness, rescue operations and restoration of essential services, with a focus on achieving its “zero casualty” target.
Chief Secretary Anu Garg, while reviewing the state’s preparedness, evacuation measures and post-disaster restoration plans, said the administration had mobilised emergency response teams and shifted vulnerable people to safer locations. Of the 4,139 identified pregnant women, 2,245 have been safely moved to nearby hospitals and health centres.
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