Kolkata: The much anticipated sever cyclonic storm that was expected to bring heavy damage to life and infrastructure did not pose any danger due its low impact in West Bengal after its landfall on Thursday, but the state’s southern districts may receive heavy rain as the cyclone may turn towards Gangetic West Bengal.
The cyclonic storm ‘Titli’ is expected move northwestwards till Thursday evening and the take a recurve towards northeastwards towards Gangetic West Bengal, thereby weakening gradually into a deep depression by the morning of Friday, the weather office reported.
Cyclone ‘Titli’ made a landfall on early Thursday having surface wind speeds of up to 126 km/per hour at Gopalpur area in neighbouring Odisha.
As there were no reports of significant damage to the railway tracks and on the pole wires and other logistics, the South Eastern Railway went on with its services after it made announcement in this regard for its different destinations in south India along with all the normal routes.
“As per information received from East Coast Railway, the situation in the coastal section is being normalized gradually. Trains will be run on normal route via Kharagpur-Khurda Road-Vizianagram,” SER spokesperson Sanjay Ghosh said.
Till now there have been reports of any kind of damage to property or blockage of road or rail movement in the state of West Bengal due to the cyclonic storm ‘Titli’.
According to the Met department, warnings were issued to the general public about the anticipated heavy to very heavy rail in several districts of Gangetic West Bengal till Saturday morning and heavy rain for another day after that.
The Met department alerted the Fishermen about not to venture out into the sea along and off West Bengal coast, Odisha coast, deep sea areas of North Bay and Central Bay of Bengal until October 12.
Along with that, tourists at the sea side resort towns of Digha, Mandarmani, Shankarpur and other such places located along the Bay of Bengal coast have been alerted not to go near water till October 12.
Much damage was anticipated due to the cyclonic storm ‘Titli’, but all went against the expectations and there was no such kind of loss to life or property involving both public as well as private ones.
The public need to follow the precautions issued by the Met Department till the date of October 12 to be safe.
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