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Mamata, Buddhadeb to visit cyclone Aila hit areas

Cyclone Aila
Kolkata, May 26: Mamata Banerjee, the newly appointed Union Railway Minister and West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will visit the Cyclone Aila hit Kolkata and five other adjoining districts on Tuesday, May 26. The cyclone so far have claimed 30 lives and over 1 lakh people are displaced.

Mamata will be taking charge of her ministry at the Eastern Railways Headquarters in Kolkata and not at the Rail Bhavan in New Delhi. She will board a special train for Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas, one of the worst affected areas.

Meanwhile the Calcutta University have postponed all the exams due to the cyclone Aila. The cyclone has now moved northwards. It has also weakened along the way, but Met department predicts heavy rainfall in West Bengal and neighbouring areas in the next 24 hours. On Tuesday, May 26, the situation is improved in Kolkata and flight services are resumed.

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Dhaka, May 26: Cyclone Aila which disrupted the normal life in the state of West Bengal, has reportedly claimed 18 lives in the neighbouring Bangladesh. Over 500 others are reported to be missing.Four people in Bhola, three each in Khulna, Patuakhali, Noakhali, Laxmipur, one in Barguna and a child in Barisal died, while a few hundred thousand people were marooned in the affected areas. Thousands of people have been rendered homeless and many villages in Khulna, Satkhira, Patuakhali and Barisal are.....
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