Cyclone Amphan more than national disaster, challenge now is rescue of people: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: Ahead of her survey of Cyclone Amphan-hit areas with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the calamity was more than "national disaster".
"The cyclone has directly affected more than six crore people. It was more than a national disaster," said Banerjee at the Kolkata Airport.
"The challenge now is to rescue people and manage the situation. It was a severe and catastrophic disaster," said the CM and added, "We are facing three challenges- Covid, lockdown and now cyclone."
Responding to Banerjee's appeal to visit West Bengal which has been battered by Cyclone Amphan on Wednesday, Modi will be in the state on Friday to take stock of the present situation.
The PM is scheduled to visit Basirhat and undertake a joint chopper survey of the cyclone-hit areas with Banerjee.
Banerjee said she will have a meeting with the PM at Basirhat.
"The meeting is a constitutional obligation. It is government-to-government meeting. We need to rise above politics now," said the CM.
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