New Delhi sources stated that the Home Ministry said National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Indian Coast Guard have been put on high alert and fishermen asked not to venture into the sea as cyclone 'Fani' is expected to intensify into a very severe storm by Tuesday. Meanwhile the cyclonic storm 'Fani’ Monday morning was located at 880 km of South-East of Chennai and it will continue to move North-West and change its path to North-East from Wednesday.
A home ministry statement said the cyclone is expected to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday. Furthermore according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), its landfall over Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh is ruled out and the possibility of landfall in Odisha is under continuous watch. Meanwhile the NDRF and the Indian Coast Guard have been put on high alert and placed at the disposal of the state governments concerned.
Further regular warnings have been issued since April 25 to fishermen not to venture into the sea and asking those at sea to return to coast. Moreover Prime Minister Modi is closely monitoring the situation and has directed Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to convene a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to take stock of the situation with the state governments and the central ministries and agencies concerned to ensure necessary preparations to deal with the situation.
