Union Minister Babul Supriyo will visit the cyclone-affected areas of South 24 Parganas on Wednesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was worried and had himself instructed Supriyo to visit some of the cyclone-affected areas.
The “very severe” cyclone Bulbul had made landfall on West Bengal on Saturday. Supriyo will visit many areas hit by the storm, including Bakkhali and Namkhana which were among the worst affected. There, he will talk to the relief providing teams and other representatives of the state government, thus trying to assess if any help is needed from the Centre. Babul Supriyo said that this is entirely an official visit and has no connection with politics.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been touring the cyclone-affected areas extensively on Monday and Tuesday. She has supervised relief operations and handed over a cheque for Rs 2 lakh to the widow of a person who died in the cyclone.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had earlier taken to Twitter to say that they had discussed the conditions of cyclone-affected areas with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and assured the state of every help needed to tackle the situation. Both had said that they are closely monitoring the situation of the storm-affected areas.
