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Odisha SRC warns fishermen not to venture into sea till 4 November
The Story in Brief
The Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SCR) on Sunday, 1 November, advised fishermen not to venture into the sea until 4 November after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast rough to very rough conditions. In a letter to collectors of six districts, Ganjam, Puri, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Baleshwar, SCR Rajesh Prabhakar Patil cited the IMD’s midday bulletin. Squally weather with wind speeds of 40 to 50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is expected over the northwest Bay of Bengal and along the south Odisha coast from the evening of 2 November.
The wind speed is likely to increase to 50 to 60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph on 3 November, then decrease gradually from the night of 3 November to the afternoon of 4 November, with improvement thereafter. The SCR ordered fishermen not to venture into the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas from the evening of 2 November to the afternoon of 4 November. He also urged all fishermen to return from the sea before the warning period begins.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The advisory from the Special Relief Commissioner directly ties a government weather warning to a concrete restriction period, fishermen are barred from the sea from the evening of 2 November to the afternoon of 4 November. The districts named, Ganjam, Puri, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Baleshwar, cover the entire south Odisha coast, indicating a broad impact zone. The wind speeds, forecast to reach 70 kmph, suggest the system is significant enough to disrupt a multi-day fishing cycle. What the order does not address is how enforcement will work along a long coastline or what arrangements exist for fishermen who had already set out before the warning was issued on 1 November. The next step is whether all fishing boats comply before the evening of 2 November and whether the imd's forecast holds through 4 November.
Source: kalingatv.com
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