AMARAVATI (The Thursday Times) — India ki riyasat Andhra Pradesh aik hafte mein doosre samandari toofan ke liye tayyari kar rahi hai, kyunke India Meteorological Department ne peshgoi ki hai ke aik naya toofan Peer, 2 November ko is ke sahil se guzrega, jabke aik hafta bhi nahin guzra ke Cyclone Arnab ne riyasat mein kam az kam saat afrad ki jaan le li thi.
IMD ne aik khusoosi bulletin mein kaha ke Hafte ko junoob mashriqi Bay of Bengal mein Andaman aur Nicobar Islands ke qareeb kam dabao ka aik wazeh ilaqa bana, jis ke Hafte ki shaam tak depression aur Itwar tak cyclonic storm mein tabdeel hone ki tawaqqo thi. Agar yeh toofan bana to is ka naam Murasu rakha jayega, jo India ka tajweez karda naam hai aur Tamil zuban mein is ka matlab "dhol" hai.
Toofan ke qareeb aane par sahili Andhra Pradesh aur Yanam mein, aur 5 November tak Tamil Nadu, Puducherry aur Karaikal mein shadeed barish ki peshgoi hai. IMD ne Andhra ke sahil ke saath samandar mein tughyani se khabardar kiya, jahan 30 se 40 kilometre fi ghanta ki raftar se hawayein chalengi jo jhakkaron mein 50 tak pahunch sakti hain.
Naya toofan un ilaqon ke liye khatra hai jo abhi tak Cyclone Arnab se sambhal rahe hain, jis ne guzishta hafte sahil par tabahi machai, taqreeban 71,000 hectare dhaan ki fasal ko nuqsan pahunchaya aur Andhra Pradesh aur Odisha mein dasiyon hazar afrad ko imdadi camps mein muntaqil hone par majboor kiya.
Parosi riyasat Odisha mein Arnab ke asraat ab bhi saamne aa rahe hain. Odisha ke special relief commissioner Rajesh Patil ne kaha ke Juma ko Ganjam district ki pahari basti Gidipabali mein barish se hone wali landslide ke baad kam az kam 12 afrad lapata hain, aur 170 se zyada imdadi karkun un ki talash kar rahe hain. Kandhamal district mein aik alag landslide mein aik hi khandan ke teen afrad, jin mein nau mahine ka aik bachcha bhi shamil hai, jaan bahaq ho gaye, jis se riyasat mein barish se mutaliq halakaton ki tadad chaar ho gayi. Ganjam mein taqreeban 40,000 afrad ab bhi 367 imdadi camps mein maujood hain.
