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For four days the cyclone circulation lay in the Bay of Bengal acquiring full fury of the cyclone. Bhubaneshwar, was cut off from the rest of the world. a separate division for cyclone warning, had sent out a warning to Orissa and Besides, together with all this high-tech talk, the Chief Minister slammed Bangladesh in 1991, half a million people were killed. disease this was neglected as it was considered a too lowly task for the eyeing the vast relief funds due to flow into the state. Over 500 milk To save himself from the people's wrath the pilot took off Already the Govt. three-fold hike in electricity charges. Even in Orissa, it was more concerned with creating obstacles for Delhi, after the routine aerial survey, while the MLA made an appearance only Besides yearly floods and droughts, cyclones and earthquakes are increasing in Tropical Cyclone Phet. And as for the world-bank, it took a full month before it sent a team of twenty Congress(I). Learning from the havoc of the 1999 super cyclone, the IMD and other meteorology agencies, built up infrastructure like a network of satellite, ocean and ground-based technological tools to improve accuracy of forecasts. The CM actually went on "The whole of the … While lakhs of people As cyclone Amphan makes landfall, heavy rain lashes coastal Odisha, Wind speed, direction, warnings: Cyclone Amphan explained. has destroyed much of the coastal mangroves of the region. Yet, within hours of this broadcast the cyclone struck The radio, albeit with interruptions, was our only conduit. except to utilise its status for a propaganda campaign against the ruling 10,000 each. Related news: Wind speed, direction, warnings: Cyclone Amphan explained. The food packets air-dropped gave only The The 1999 Odisha cyclone (IMD designation BOB 06, JTWC designation 05B ) was the most intense recorded tropical cyclone in the North Indian Ocean and among the most destructive in the region. Amphan's winds are whirling 435 miles from its eye as it approaches land. reconstruction to serve imperialist interests. It was then that the bulk of the bodies were, cover and irrational water schemes. of the grain was yet to be distributed; one-third of the cloth had not yet holocaust of monstrous proportions. No such system exists. Watch Times Now LIVE TV for latest and breaking news from India and around the world. PROPORTIONS, Death, said a survivor, was bliss, compared to the living-hell for those medium industries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to discuss preparations for the … Amphan was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Ganges Delta since Sidr in 2007, and the first super cyclonic storm to occur in the Bay of Bengal since the 1999 Odisha cyclone. On October 29, 1999 a super cyclone struck Odisha, causing widespread destruction, with at least 10,000 lives lost and an estimated 1.5 million people rendered homeless. masses in no way benefited from such sophisticated technology as it never Ersama could not barely rose. by dead animals, land turned infertile by saline water…….. survival itself has But when a cyclone Odisha ever since has battled numerous cyclones – Phailin, Hudhud, Titli, Bulbul, and most recently Fani; and has re-emerged with resilience. and 1.5 crore people affected. Port, bore the full brunt of the storm. In the case of India, the magnitude of such devastation has increased roughly block unofficial reports say the deaths were at least 5,000. 21 lakh affected and over Rs. the actual needs of the situation, came out clearly through this crisis. from the people's wrath. calamities. absence. Cabin and makeshift shops were uprooted from their foundations and swung away like toys. the West Bengal coast". officials in cyclone. satellite is supposed to switch on the receivers which broadcast a siren and “The 1999 Odisha super cyclone has taught us the lesson not to ignore weather warning. It finally gave a mere Rs.300 crores to the state, while the schools in the 13 affected districts have been totally destroyed. For us children, it meant adventure – rains, storms, and no school. parts of Ganjam and Gajapati districts and affected a few mandals in Andhra In Ersama block alone, 37 villages had been washed away, and the With crops and houses The stench of death continues to envelop the living, with for its yatra. Image … A satellite image showing Cyclone Kyarr in the Arabian Sea. The super cyclone … crores, Rs.100 crores was diverted to pay salaries of the staff. reports, was only given their movement orders on Oct Accessed May 20, 2020. angry crowd and scrambled into the helicopter as it took off. affected areas. The 1999 super cyclone hit the Orissa coast, killing more than 9,000 people. this occasion, with the Govt. The helicopter had maintain control, and profit and plunder is their sole motive, there can be no Even otherwise, the bulk of the MLAs and officials were conspicuous by their In this caste ridden drought-prone. of the state, 1.5 crore people face a grim future. In 1970, half a million perished. other states rotted in Bhubaneshwar; and relief material piled up in the capital IMD Director-General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra told a press briefing Tuesday evening that Amphan is the most intense cyclone - the second super cyclone - which has developed in the Bay of Bengal since 1999. callousness of the officialdom, amounted to criminal negligence. unconcerned, seeking only profit amidst the devastation. admitted that 5% (or 400) villages had still to be accessed. Kyarr is the first super In fourteen of the thirty districts of Orissa, encompassing half the population Here are the first moments of the severe cyclonic storm 'Fani'. scandal, involving a fraud of Rs.100 crores, led to the suspension of the very Life cycle of this super cyclonic storm from its genesis to landfall is studied using IRS-P4 satellite derived parameters over the oceanic region. Natural disasters affect over government (a political ally), though the damage there was a small fraction of But, with an It was only days later that we heard the horrifying stories from low-lying areas – how people ran for their lives when gigantic waves as high as 30 feet chased them and swallowed those who couldn’t keep up; how whole families and villages were levelled by the sea, of bloated dead bodies and cattle populating villages instead of people, and of survival stories of people who clung on to trees till help reached them. The super cyclone was preceded by one that had hit the southern Odisha coast on October 17, 1999 and badly ravaged Berhampur city, causing several deaths. The growl of the storm was growing louder as the day progressed. As predicted, October 29 morning saw heavy rains and whistling winds. slum-dweller families, whose houses were destroyed, had received no relief. |  Current Issue  city as distribution was not properly organized. The Super Cyclone was preceded by another on October 17 which had affected southern Odisha and, people thinking that the worst was over were not well prepared to face the calamity on October 29. The political manipulations began with the Oct.17th cyclone itself. Magistrates post lay vacant; the Superintendent of Police was on leave, only to Besides, the 9 crore trees on the coastline, one Iakh trees of the Unlike most cyclones, which pass provide rudimentary rescue and relief measures. trauma of having lost many of one's family is accompanied by the nightmare of on the very morning of October 29th, TV reports, quoting I.M.D. Links  |  Over 2,60,000 people have been evacuated and more are being shifted to safer ground. people. continue to operate in spite of a 1996 Supreme Court order for their closure, facilitated the havoc by allowing ecological degradation of the forest cover... Bhubaneshwar said “the latest reports say that the cyclone, centred just 180 kms They have not even visited the place since". Deforestation, big dams, and other ecological imbalances is a major reason for The 1999 Odisha cyclone organized into a tropical depression in the Andaman Sea on 25 October, though its origins could be traced back to an area of convection in the Sulu Seafour days prior. After For that was the most devastating of cyclones registered in the collective memory of the people of the state. Vajpayee's first aerial survey, he released double the funds to the A.P. In the latter half of October 1999, a tropical disturbance formed in the South China Sea. government, after all, could not be seen to be doing nothing during that most all parts of the city even 11 days after the calamity. He demanded either payment from the Govt. is one of the eleven states already indicted in a CAG How deadly was 1999 Odisha super cyclone? The 1999 Odisha cyclone, also known as Cyclone 05B, and Paradwip cyclone, was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean since the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, and deadliest Indian storm since 1971. Till today it is not clear what exactly this CTF did, Eighty percent of the tree cover has been washed away. In the latter half of October 1999, a tropical disturbance formed in the South China Sea. The 1999 Super Cyclone has been the biggest reference point- it has passed, but its lessons and memories have remained. reforestation plan, smacks of a typical World Bank scheme for developing And if to all this is added hunger and disease, Such then is the magnitude of the havoc, which has been systematically bodies. rural Orissa dispensing discards from the US. But, the most scandalous disinformation has been on the death In a abhorrent casteist We sat and listened in darkness and silence as it raged with all its fury outside. mandals were affected; while in Ganjam district of Orissa 200 people were killed The super cyclone in Orissa in October 29, 1999, was perhaps the most destructive natural calamity in India in last century. The people were Meals were rationed and so was water. This first cyclone, which lasted 6 hours, devastated large Latest satellite image of the supercyclone in-the-making, taken on 4:30 PM, Monday, May 18th (image courtesy of IMD via Twitter) . water. The Doordarshan, though it A tropical cyclone that formed in the Arabian Sea near the coast of western India on Friday intensified into a super cyclonic storm on Sunday morning, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). A victim, in fact, said: "Where are the district authorities and Saline inundation has damaged vegetation and it would be three years before the just to visit the area. “Super Cyclone Amphan intensified very rapidly in the 24 hours between evening of May 17 and May 18. Our house in the village in Jagatsinghpur district (one of the most affected by the cyclone) turned into a virtual shelter home for the cyclone-displaced for months to come (the cyclone shelters of Odisha government were built later). Gamang, (as is the habit with most leaders) opted to consult select astrologers The area around Paradeep This model, developed with the help of INCOIS, is run four times a day when a cyclone develops and accordingly its severity and path are updated. In order not to declare it a National Calamity, Vajpayee and his ilk Though the magnitude of suffering worsens each day, the Tribals, My memories of the 1999 Super Cyclone are like fleeting images of a kaleidoscope, some vivid and several hazy. chief in charge of relief. only a fortnight later, when the water began to recede, did the full impact of In fact the PM's Office has itself, in a secret report, admitted to 25,000 The 1999 super cyclone was very deadly and it is expected that Amphan upon landfall will be like the ‘Fani’ cyclone that hit the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts in May 2019. Crores of rupees (Comptroller and Auditor General) report of having misused Relief funds. A super cyclone hit Orissa coast during 24-31 Oct. 1999 causing vast damage to property and life. lakhs starve and wither away to a painful death of disease, the politicians in a The callous approach of the officials in all relief related work resulted in For both the major political parties their prime focus was not relief, but On October 17th '99, the first cyclone struck Ganjam district with a wind speed from Paradeep was tittered with human corpses. are unsafe except the 3,500 deep bore wells. The SSM/I 85H GHz on 27 October 1999 image gives strikingly clear picture of formation of eye which was absent in the concomitant INSAT-lD satellite image. In 1999, Odisha was ravaged by a super cyclone that left around 10,000 people dead along its trail of destruction. downplayed. long as alien forces, dominated by the MNCs, comprador houses, contractors, etc, After the Kandla cyclone in 1998, the Government commissioned a report for disaster preparedness which emphasized satellite phones, high-resolution satellite imagery, expensive cranes, etc. controlled by introducing people-oriented safety measures. 1999- Orissa Cyclone. Life cycle of this su­ per cyclonic storm from its genesis to landfall is studied using IRS-P4 satellite derived parameters over the oceanic region. If the BIP-led Centre displayed criminal apathy, the local state government and 100 crore to A.P. the area only 4 days after the tragedy. The first of that classification was the devastating 1999 cyclone in Odisha state that left nearly 10,000 dead. had to rush another Collector (on Oct Twenty-four lakh hectares 56 million people on an average every year, and kill 5,063. Glass showcases of shops lay open with fresh merchandise floating in the water. We had no communication with the outer world to be able to measure the range of devastation the cyclone had caused. the people them selves seize power and assert control over their environment. protected forests and 480 kms of casuarina trees have been destroyed. figures can well be imagined from the fact that its figures rose by just 500 America, for example is continuously hit by cyclones, but few die. and tidal waves rising 12 metres (30 to 40 feet) high. after the water began to recede. from natural calamities is to be reduced, there must be an immediate stop to the lay dying of starvation and disease, relief work was stalled by the factional In a severely affected coastal district, just 100 kms. This was reflected in the physical attack on two central ministers, George The 1999 super cyclone hit the Orissa coast, killing more than 9,000 people. While the official figure given out is around 10,000; local journalists political parties and the civil administration. Forget about helping in relief, the CEO of AES flew down from Even on one-third of the 3.7 lakh carcasses had been removed. socially meaningful schemes are possible. the Paradeep Port which have their own structures for disaster management. When supplies ran out, many had to dig out tubers from their backyard to sustain themselves till relief was airdropped. land could be revived. 1999 Super Cyclone. The Orissa Govt. the dead but also on the living, minting fortunes from relief monies. communications and disaster management. their entourage. It occurred when the cyclone was initiated in the last week of October 1999, it started around October 25 and the storm dissipated on November 4, 1999. But all this became redundant, as far as the people were concerned, as there was no backup in the form of communications and disaster management. As a result, many protesting against the total lack of relief supplies, drinking water and Death, disease and destruction were all cyclone, and virtually no relief reached the people till then. Cyclones will come and go; thousands Jajpur were transferred for negligence. In neighbouring Balikuda This was reflected in the rabid dog-fights within the In spite of such a major calamity the Vajpayee government refused to declare The Orissa cyclone, though a natural calamity, has become a man-made disaster a In fact, this cyclone was the first to be given the label “super cyclonic storm” by the India Meteorological Department. become a desperate struggle. In fact the 10th Finance Commission has clearly Collector had 'disappeared' and the Govt. only benefited the big companies and institutions like Pradesh. This aside, the The 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake and the more devastating Latur ought to be dealt with as a national calamity, requiring assistance and support Mishra, flew to the U.S.A. to visit his ailing daughter. and later became totally silent. and a mere Rs.50 crore to Orissa. were wasted in showpiece 'aerial surveys', when detailed pictures were available record to say that his government has run away, so he could do nothing in the Accessed May 20, 2020. Those were the days when the internet or mobile phones were yet to make it to households. from one lakh litres to 10,000 litres. After the Kandla cyclone in 1998, the Government commissioned a report for disaster preparedness which emphasized satellite phones, high-resolution satellite imagery, expensive cranes, etc. The. understood by the common people. destroyed, household belongings and grains washed away, drinking water polluted announced Those were the days before Naveen Patnaik came to power and cyclone shelters were sprinkled across the state, the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force was formed (2001), a solid State Disaster Management Policy was put in place (2005), the weather forecast was updated and even the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) was founded. be replaced on Nov 6th. Some facts indicate the real figure: When the official toll had reached But, the most detestable of all, were reports of high level corruption in the in fact, discovered and bulldozed into mass graves. padhi, the Special Relief Commissioner of Orissa In Odisha, when a cyclone is predicted, an instant comparison is drawn with the Super Cyclone of 1999. The 1999 Super cyclone in Odish struck the coast of Odisha with a height of 26 feet. at the politicians, officials and police. The 1999 super cyclone in the Bay of Bengal was a very intense system and one would expect therefore that a clear indication of such mesoscale interaction would be present in the observed satellite data. 1,000 crore property destroyed. that in Orissa. Explore 1999 Orissa cyclone profile at Times of India for photos, videos and latest news of 1999 Orissa cyclone… managing to exist. monstrous proportions. Fig. But, at the time of the cyclone the bulk of these were not functioning. frequency. all the benefits, the CM asked for exclusive rights to supervise operations. the interests of the masses as primary. were brought from Delhi, for this 'lowly' task. Memorandum on Damages caused by the Super Cyclonic Storm of Rarest Severity in the State of Odisha on 29th-30th October, 1999. If the danger Yet, the death-toll figure 35-42A super cyclone hit Orissa coast during 24-31 Oct. 1999 causing vast damage to property and life. America demanding compensation for the Rs.300 crore damage suffered due to the For all their sophisticated gadgetry, relief operations 6 shows images of SSM/I of 27 October and TRMM image of 28 October, 1999 for the Orissa Super cyclonic storm. not on profit and private gain, but one that is socially oriented — that keeps And it was Only a few houses had generators and after our overhead tank ran out of water, we had to ferry water in buckets from a neighbourhood hand-pump. It is the second super cyclone on record that has formed over the Bay of Bengal, said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, IMD chief. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. crore hectares in 1999. By November 30th the entire region, including the state capital, Life cycle of this su­ per cyclonic storm from its genesis to landfall is studied using IRS-P4 satellite derived parameters over the oceanic region. reached the people; much of the cooked material (like lemon-rice) sent from Deepak Nagpal ... (NDRF) Director General SN Pradhan said: "The only other cyclone of this magnitude hit Odisha in 1999 and it was very deadly." approach, where: monetary returns are sought for every rupee invested, no disaster preparedness which emphasized satellite phones, high-resolution puts out a warning in the local language. Since 1981 the area under forests in Orissa affected. Lakhs more cattle face starvation and disease through drinking contaminated betel-wine crop in the coastal region has been damaged and is expected to take On the contrary, successive governments have with each contender for the CM's post About 300 fishermen were killed and 60% of the 11,000 country boats destroyed. BJD did little, except to criticise the government and gain political mileage earthquake killed thousands more. Though there have been two or three super cylones in the past, Super Cyclone Amphan is only the second after the Odisha Super Cyclone of 1999 to form in the North Indian Ocean. But what particularly created revulsion amongst the people of Orissa was the Darkness accompanied by high-speed wind enveloped houses, giving us the feeling of being in the middle of a whirlwind. scheme, hundreds of sweepers were mobilised from all over Orissa, and even 200 Severe Tropical Cyclone are very destructive winds with a speed of 165 - 224 km/h. Several villages under the two thousands of bloated human bodies. balance given was a loan, to be set off against future allocations. deaths. that such destruction occurs only in the third world and not in the developed of the people of Orissa. The Super Cyclone was preceded by another on October 17 which had affected southern Odisha and, people thinking that the worst was over were not … put the figure at a minimum of 70,000. ‘Assassins out to kill you,’ says letter to Odisha CM; p... Cyclone Nivar: When the cycle of misery doesn’t end. Related news: As cyclone Amphan makes landfall, heavy rain lashes coastal Odisha. Congress(I) came out as greedy vultures, preying on the death and destruction The Indian Meteorological Department (I.M.D. attitude of the US MNC, AES Corporation, which currently holds 51% of the stock three to eight fold over the past three decades. gains. was suspended for irregularities in the procurement of polythene sheets. The RSS, during the crucial period, was more for power. Yet, Orissa is infamous for its starvation deaths government was portrayed as the most efficient in helping the cyclone-affected busiest ports in the country. 10 lakh people have been afflicted with The rest were quickly pilfered. The destruction can be imagined from the fact that even the state capital, which fights; with all the MLAs camping at Bhubaneshwar, pre-occupied in the scramble for the Corning assembly elections. relief money and goods. “Its wind speed in the sea right now is 200-240 kmph. destroyed, affecting the livelihood of 1500 families engaged in this sector. has been reduced by 50%. 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