Bhubaneswar, Oct. 24 -- The Odisha government has asked all district administrations as well as several of its departments to maintain high alert in view of the likely formation of a cyclonic storm over Bay of Bengal by October 27.

Special Relief Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Deoranjan Kumar Singh sent a communique in this regard to all district Collectors, Revenue Divisional Commissioners (RDCs) as well as Principal Secretaries of several departments including Housing and Urban Development, Water Resources, School and Mass Education, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water, Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment and Public Works today.

IMD predicts deep depression by Oct 26 and cyclone by Oct 27 As per the IMD prediction, the low...