Central team to tour T.N., Puducherry to assess ‘Thane’ damage

January 06, 2012 06:11 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 12:13 am IST - New Delhi

File photo shows an aerial view of the devastation caused by cyclone “Thane” inside the botanical garden in Puducherry.

File photo shows an aerial view of the devastation caused by cyclone “Thane” inside the botanical garden in Puducherry.

An Inter-Ministerial team, headed by a senior officer in the Home Ministry, will visit Puducherry and Tamil Nadu to assess damage caused by cyclonic storm "Thane".

The team lead by Lokesh Jha, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been constituted to conduct on-the-spot assessment of the situation in the wake of the cyclonic storm in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.

The team, which left New Delhi on Friday, consists of the representatives of the Ministries and Departments of Agriculture, Drinking Water, Finance, Health, Power, Road Transport and Highways, Rural Development, Water Resources, Planning Commission and National Disaster Management Authority.

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