more-inEven while the State government grappled with the swath left by the cyclonic rain in the State, an unseemly row erupted over the timely issuance of a cyclone alert. He said the State received the cyclone warning at 12 noon on Thursday. Prior to that there was no cyclone alert, though the general information about the weather was available. As far as the State government was concerned, it could initiate emergency action only on the basis of the cyclone warning made available. Given this background, there was no delay on the part of the government to reach relief to the victims.

Source: The Hindu December 01, 2017 15:22 UTC