Before cyclone Amphan struck on May 20, authorities of the Achintyanagar gram panchayat in Pathapratima block of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas tried to move as lots of people as possible to cyclone shelters. NDRF relief paid out to West Bengal, Odisha
A recently built multi-purpose cyclone shelter near the panchayat office, which was serving as a quarantine centre for migrant workers returning from Haryana and Delhi, was likewise designated to shelter hundreds of villagers from the cyclone.
” On the day of the cyclone, the circumstance was really bad.
