Metro lists some of the steps the civic bodies in Calcutta, Dum Dum and Bidhannagar have promised . Pachu Ray, chairman of South Dum Dum Municipality, said their teams had also been put on alert. He said residents of unsafe buildings had been asked to move out till storm gets over. “We have set up storm shelters in some schools and government buildings in Dum Dum,” said Ray of South Dum Dum Municipality. Tree-cutting equipment, and hydraulic earthmovers have been placed at key locations in Salt Lake, New Town and Dum Dum.

Source: The Telegraph May 02, 2019 21:22 UTC