The Army Air Defence (AAD) establishment at Gopalpur in Odisha, which lay on the direct path of the cyclone Phailin that struck landmass on Saturday evening, saved the four adjoining village population located in its vicinity from the onslaught of the cyclone that left a trail of flattened fields, uprooted trees and damaged power pylons among other things.
The villagers were given shelter in the army establishment and were provided food and other basic amenities before letting them proceed to their homes on Sunday morning. Although the cyclone has abated from the region, the AAD College, one of Indian Army's premiere training establishment, had geared up to not just safeguard its own assets but also the lives of the civilians living around their camp.
Anticipating much of the fury of the impending cyclone, the Indian Army had also mobilised one engineering column with medical and signal equipment and personnel to tackle any emergency. Earlier in the day, the column helped clear the National Highway and other roads enabling communication to be restored at the earliest.
Apart from establishing a movement liaison cell at Bhubaneswar airport to coordinate aerial relief efforts, the Indian Air Force had also positioned 44 of its elite Garud special forces and a rapid action medical team comprising 37 doctors and paramedics in Ganjam district for similar rescue and relief measures.
The Indian Naval Ships Ranvijay and Jalashwa continue in wait in Vishakhapatnam to respond to any alerts for relief even as a survey ship, INS Investigator is currently on its way from Port Blair to Paradip with aid material in case needed. Six teams of Navy divers are also currently at Gopalpur, while ten other similar teams are at Srikakulam area in Andhra Pradesh as part of the Navy's preparedness. At Chilka, Odisha navy divers from the Naval Training establishment also helped villagers affected in the low lying areas that were flooded due to torrential overnight rains.
The Coast Guard meanwhile, launched three aerial sorties on Sunday, to locate the missing merchant vessel MV Bingo near Sagar islands off Odisha coast. The ship and crew still remain untraced even as efforts by Coast Guard are on despite a very rough sea state.
The Coast Guard also rendered medical assistance to 18 fishermen who were washed ashore after having jumped into the sea from their stranded boats off Paradip. ICGS Samudra Pehradar, one of the bigger ships that the Coast Guard operates is currently augmenting the efforts in the sea off Odisha coast.
The cyclone, according to the state authorities here, affected 12 districts covering 14,514 villages affecting nearly 18.5 lakh people. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard elements continue to be present in the positions at their locations till the rescue operations are entirely called off.
Although the cyclone passed away without a catastrophic fall out, the armed forces had geared up completely to tackle any emergency that could have arisen as a consequence of the cyclone.
The villagers were given shelter in the army establishment and were provided food and other basic amenities before letting them proceed to their homes on Sunday morning. Although the cyclone has abated from the region, the AAD College, one of Indian Army's premiere training establishment, had geared up to not just safeguard its own assets but also the lives of the civilians living around their camp.
Anticipating much of the fury of the impending cyclone, the Indian Army had also mobilised one engineering column with medical and signal equipment and personnel to tackle any emergency. Earlier in the day, the column helped clear the National Highway and other roads enabling communication to be restored at the earliest.
Apart from establishing a movement liaison cell at Bhubaneswar airport to coordinate aerial relief efforts, the Indian Air Force had also positioned 44 of its elite Garud special forces and a rapid action medical team comprising 37 doctors and paramedics in Ganjam district for similar rescue and relief measures.
The Indian Naval Ships Ranvijay and Jalashwa continue in wait in Vishakhapatnam to respond to any alerts for relief even as a survey ship, INS Investigator is currently on its way from Port Blair to Paradip with aid material in case needed. Six teams of Navy divers are also currently at Gopalpur, while ten other similar teams are at Srikakulam area in Andhra Pradesh as part of the Navy's preparedness. At Chilka, Odisha navy divers from the Naval Training establishment also helped villagers affected in the low lying areas that were flooded due to torrential overnight rains.
The Coast Guard meanwhile, launched three aerial sorties on Sunday, to locate the missing merchant vessel MV Bingo near Sagar islands off Odisha coast. The ship and crew still remain untraced even as efforts by Coast Guard are on despite a very rough sea state.
The Coast Guard also rendered medical assistance to 18 fishermen who were washed ashore after having jumped into the sea from their stranded boats off Paradip. ICGS Samudra Pehradar, one of the bigger ships that the Coast Guard operates is currently augmenting the efforts in the sea off Odisha coast.
The cyclone, according to the state authorities here, affected 12 districts covering 14,514 villages affecting nearly 18.5 lakh people. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard elements continue to be present in the positions at their locations till the rescue operations are entirely called off.
Although the cyclone passed away without a catastrophic fall out, the armed forces had geared up completely to tackle any emergency that could have arisen as a consequence of the cyclone.
Courtesy: Press Information Bureau (pib.nic.in)
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