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Amit Shah Assures Aid as Cyclone Arnab Aftermath Grows

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Minister Amit Shah assured aid to Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Odisha and Chhattisgarh after Cyclone Arnab.
Cyclone Arnab killed nine people, evacuated over 20,000 residents, and damaged 200,000 hectares of crops.
State Disaster Response Forces launched rescue and relief on a war footing.
Inter-Ministerial Central Teams will be sent soon to assess damage and coordinate aid.
India Meteorological Department said the system will become a depression by midnight Oct 28, 2026.

History

On 29 October 1999 a super cyclonic storm hit Odisha, recording a 912 hPa pressure and killing 9,887 people while destroying about 1.6 million homes. The disaster prompted the Indian government, through the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and the Indian Army, to allocate INR3 billion for relief and to strengthen disaster-risk structures. Today’s Cyclone Arnab triggers similar inter-ministerial and state disaster response teams, reflecting those reforms.

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On 29 October 1999 a super cyclonic storm hit Odisha, recording a 912 hPa pressure and killing 9,887 people while destroying about 1.6 million homes. The disaster prompted the Indian government, through the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and the Indian Army, to allocate INR3 billion for relief and to strengthen disaster-risk structures. Today’s Cyclone Arnab triggers similar inter-ministerial and state disaster response teams, reflecting those reforms.

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