One dead in West Bengal from Cyclone Dana, CM Banerjee says after review meeting

Addressing reporters Friday, Banerjee said one person had died of electrocution in Patharpratima, South 24 Parganas district.

“He was doing some work with networking cables in his residence when he died. The postmortem will give a clearer picture. We’ll help the family if needed,” the CM said after holding a meeting to review the situation in cyclone-hit areas.

According to the CM, state authorities had evacuated 2.16 lakh people. She also ordered a survey to assess crop loss to farmers and gave district authorities 48 hours to send in their reports.

Authorities have also been ordered to distribute mosquito nets to prevent the outbreak of diseases due to water logging in many parts of the state, including Kolkata.

Relief camps will “continue” until weather conditions improve completely, Banerjee said, saying the rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force should be deployed for two more days in the affected districts.