" F6 9 1)B )B B 8)98-1:34 %$,-,%- . (%&)* + #$%& ' %LC:@:%66 =@JN:@!A::@K G@9@:@:!9H!<7@ !"#!$%&'( )"'*! )"$)*& +(*, ,*&"#,*#$, %6:7!A<A@9@M =!9@6%<:6%:@! <%!<%!=!6@: "*&#-*," ",*$& 7 $'7/4#886- 0** I! @ ! 5 *11 ;21:<",13 / / $" sis revealed the significant 61 8%C8!<@!: wave height at over 14 feet in Ganjam over and above the D)35 ith cyclone ‘Titli’ winging swell height of around 4 feet Wup energy from the Bay together taking the maximum 6 of Bengal and intensifying into significant wave height to /E " <@9@A% interest of national security a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm around 18 feet, the JTWC put and other issues involved in the (VSCS) by 11 am on the estimated maximum sig- he Supreme Court on defence procurement process. Wednesday, Gopalpur in nificant wave height at 19 feet. TWednesday directed the However, the Bench said, Ganjam district is to face the Now, the extent of damage /45$/D51B Centre to provide in a sealed “What if we ask you to give worst wrath as the ‘eye’ of the due to inundation depends on cover the details of decision- details without technical details storm. And the fury of Titli is the exact place of landfall of 6 /* making process, sans pricing of aircraft?” also to vent maximally on dis- Titli. and technical information in In the 15-minute-long tricts like Khordha, Puri, If the cyclone makes land- 7 1 /D the Rafale deal, but termed the hearing, the Bench also heard Cuttack. fall near high sand dunes of averments made in the PILs as submissions from Sharma and Overall, the impact of the Gopalpur, the inundation risk 8 “grossly inadequate” and clar- Dhanda, who sought several Titli would mostly be on due to storm surge would be ified that it was not issuing any directions, including court- Odisha only, suggests cyclone low; and if vice versa, the dam- notice to the Centre. monitored SIT probe into the analyses by the Indian National age would be high. 7 1 A Bench headed by Chief deal and submission of details Centre for Ocean Information Not only Ganjam, the Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it of the agreement in a sealed Services (INCOIS) and the analyses show high risk for dis- circulation feature over oceans It’s under this air circula- and arid days in last week of And this warm air circula- wanted to satisfy itself about cover to it. Joint Typhoon Warning Centre tricts like Puri and Cuttack, where the atmospheric pressure tion Odisha has witnessed September and first week of tion factored in forming of the legitimacy of the decision- Sharma said that the pric- (JTWC). where the storm surge and tidal remains high. sunny skies and unusually hot October. Titli in the Bay of Bengal. making process even as the ing of the Rafale fighter jets According to INCOIS and heights together would touch Government sought dismissal have been already disclosed in JTWC, the maximum heights around 17 feet and 15 feet, of the PILs on the issue, the French Parliament and the of tides in Gopalpur would be respectively. terming them “political peti- stand of the Centre was unten- of 18 feet to 19 feet when the Also as JTWC satellite tions”. able. Sharma said the inter- cyclone would make its land- image showed the cyclone with O P The Bench, also compris- Government agreement to buy fall mostly in and around deep convective bands of ing Justices SK Kaul and KM 36 Rafale fighter jets must be Gopalpur at around 5:30 am on clouds, it would induce very Joseph, gave the Government quashed. It was an “outcome of Thursday. heavy rainfall in the districts of 1 remain present in their respec- to extremely heavy rainfall. time till October 29 to provide corruption” and not ratified by The fury of Titli is forecast Ganjam, Puri, Khordha and tive institutions. “The district authorities the necessary information and Parliament under Article 253 to last till 11:30 am on Cuttack. !1 1 7%7 Besides, he ordered for have been asked to make nec- fixed the PILs, filed by lawyers (Parliament has power to make Thursday in Ganjam, Puri, The significance is high cancellation of leave applica- essary provisions for drinking Vineet Dhanda and ML any law for implementing any Khordha and Cuttack districts. storm surge and vey heavy " 8%C8!<@!: ing areas and also in kutchha tions of all Government water in both rural and urban Sharma, for hearing two days inter-Government agreement) Both analyses show the rainfall would bring untold houses in five districts, employees and asked those pockets and keep generator after that. of the Constitution, he said. cyclone is to first move north miseries for inhabitants and ith the prediction of the Ganjam, Puri, Khordha, on leave to rejoin offices soon. sets ready near pumping sta- “We are not on the issue of In his plea, Dhanda and then rapidly Re-curve farmers of the districts of WVery Severe Cyclone Titli Jagatsinghpur and Besides, Patnaik reviewed tions to ensure water supply,” pricing and suitability of the referred to the recent “contro- towards northeast moving over Ganjam, Puri and Cuttack. to hit the Odisha coast on Kendrapada. deployment of NDRF and said Chief Secretary AP Pathi Rafale jets but only on the deci- versy” over the 58,000 crore landmass of coastal Odisha Now the moot point why Thursday, Chief Minister He stressed that all efforts ODRAF teams in the five dis- after the meeting. sion making process,” the deal between India and towards West Bengal. Another Titli moved towards Odisha? Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday should be made to ensure tricts. It was revealed that fire He said Health and Family Bench said. Dassault Aviation, a French significant prediction that According to the JTWC, the stressed on ensuring ‘zero ‘zero casualty’ during the personnel have also been Welfare Department has been When the Bench asked company, for purchasing 36 holds maximum potential path of Titli was determined by casualty’ and asked officers to cyclone. deployed. The Chief Minister asked to keep generator sets Attorney General KK combat jets and sought judicial damage to crops, physical assets the subtropical ridge located remain on high alert till the He ordered closure of directed the officers to under- ready at Community Health Venugopal what will be his intervention to put an end to and lives is surface wind speed over northwest Thailand, situation fizzles out. schools, colleges and other take restoration works soon Centers to meet any eventual- response if the court asked him the raging debate. which would touch around whose western edge passes Conducting a review educational institutions in all after the cyclone weakens. ity. It was revealed that 753 to share the details of the deci- In a PIL, my role is to bring 140-150 km per hour gusting over Odisha. meeting, the Chief directed all the districts for two days, He too directed district persons were shifted to high sion-making process only to an issue to the notice of the up to 165 km. What is subtropical ridge? concerned authorities to evac- Thursday and Friday. authorities to tackle floods lands in Ganjam by the judges, the AG said it can- court. The court has perhaps While the INCOIS analy- It’s a semi-permanent warm air uate people living in low lay- But he asked teachers to which are likely to occur due Wednesday morning. not be shown to anyone in the also taken note of my plea. * ! P , " <@9@A%BAC7< R t least seven people were @ Akilled and 35 others — ! $$%&!%' 0 including 10 women and six O ) children — sustained serious- ly injuries as the engine and !" nine coaches of Malada-New # #$#" " 8%C8!<@!: Delhi New Farakka Express ! *+),- , 5 #" <@9@A% train derailed at Harchandpur /)0+1 o avoid any untoward inci- in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh n a bone chilling incident, a Tdent due to Cyclone Titli on Wednesday around 6.10am. I19-year-old civil engineering which is likely to hit the State Four of the seriously 3)4- student allegedly stabbed his on early Thursday morning, injured are being treated at 0)051 father, mother and younger the State Government has can- Lucknow’s King George sister to death in Kishangarh celled the Students’ Union elec- Medical University and two at area in Vasant Kunj of South- tions in the State. Chief the city’s Sanjay Gandhi ) West Delhi for opposing his Secretary AP Padhi, after high- Postgraduate Institute of lifestyle and forcing him to level review meeting chaired by Medical Sciences. %# % study, said police, adding that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik An NDRF team, compris- Railways Minister Piyush pensation of 2 lakh each to the # ##P" the bodies were found on at State Secretariat on ing 40 personnel, and senior Goyal announced compensa- next of the kin of the deceased '() 6 7 % 7 Wednesday morning. Wednesday, said all schools, officials from the State and the tion of 5 lakh for the kin of the from Bihar, besides 50,000 to After being put to sus- colleges and Anganwadi Railways, rushed to the spot for dead, 1 lakh for the injured each injured person from the 8 tained interrogation by police !" ! # $!%&' ( )! ! Centres would remain closed in rescue. Railway Board and 50,000 for those with State. In a statement, Nitish said O which reached the three-room !" the State on October 11 and 12 Chairman Ashwani Lohani too minor injuries. “I offer my as per information received so /5 555 0+ 5559 house at 5.20 am after being as a precaution against Cyclone visited the accident site and deepest condolences to the far among those killed were informed about the incident by some sedative to his family younger sister and claimed Titli.