Prohibitory Orders At Beaches In Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur For Cyclone Dana

Bhubaneswar: The administration in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) on beaches and coastline areas of the district in view of impending cyclone ‘Dana’

Sources said the prohibitory orders have been imposed on Paradip beach, Siali beach and other coastline areas of Jagatsinghpur from October 23 to October 25.

General public, tourists and visitors have been prohibited from visiting the beaches and coastline areas for three days from Wednesday.

Similarly, they have been prohibited from visiting river banks and canal during the period.

As per the IMD prediction, cyclone ‘Dana’ is very likely to hit the Odisha coast between Bhitarkanika in Kendrapada district and Dhamra in Bhadrak on October 24-25.