4,000 people evacuated from Yaas-hit Bengal islands after high tide warning
The Hindu
Around 3,000 people from Mousuni Island and 1,100 inhabitants of Ghoramara have been shifted to different flood centres in the district, Sunderbans Development Minister Bankim Hazra said
More than 4,000 inhabitants of cyclone Yaas-hit Mousuni and Ghoramara islands in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district have been evacuated to safety following warning of new moon high tides on June 11 and June 26, a State Minister said on June 9. Around 3,000 people from Mousuni Island and 1,100 inhabitants of Ghoramara have been shifted to different flood centres in the district, Sunderbans Development Minister Bankim Hazra said. “So far, we have evacuated over 4,000 people from these two islands but more people need to be moved as per Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s direction. Over 1,100 families live in Ghoramara and 3,200 in Mousuni,” he told PTI.
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