Cyclone Gaja
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Tamil Nadu roads hit by Cyclone Gaja to get Rs 200.53 crore facelift: CM K Palaniswami
India | Jul 10, 2019, 07:44 PM ISTMaking a statement in the State Assembly, Palaniswami said roads and bridges were badly hit due to the last year's cyclone that ravaged several districts. Considering this, repair of roads and bridges will be taken up in Nagappattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, and Pudukottai districts, K Palaniswami said.
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Cyclone Gaja: Kamal Haasan lashes out at TN govt for 'lack of assessment', urges PM Modi to visit flood-hit areas
India | Nov 23, 2018, 09:43 PM ISTHe accused the state government of being lax and not making a proper assessment of the destruction of homes and crops in vast swathes of land in these affected areas.
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Cyclone Gaja: Death toll reaches 45; Palaniswami to visit affected areas today
India | Nov 19, 2018, 12:02 AM ISTThe central government has been asked to depute a team from the National Disaster Management to assess the destruction.
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Cyclone Gaja: Death toll rises to 33; water, food, milk being supplied to people affected in Tamil Nadu
India | Nov 17, 2018, 06:11 PM ISTSome 127,000 trees were uprooted by the strong cyclonic winds that touched a maximum speed of about 120 kmph, the chief minister said.
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Cyclone Gaja death toll reaches 20 in Tamil Nadu, Palaniswami assures of speedy relief work
India | Nov 16, 2018, 09:16 PM ISTSpeaking to reporters at Salem,Chief Minister K Palaniswami said relief work will be taken up on a war-footing and that the work was already underway.
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Cyclone Gaja batters TN, death toll rises to 11; CM Palaniswami announces Rs 11 lakh compensation
India | Nov 16, 2018, 01:35 PM ISTAs many as 76,290 people were evacuated from low lying areas and sheltered at over 300 relief centres in six districts including Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram and Tiruvarur.
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Cyclone 'Gaja' to make landfall today; high alert in Tamil Nadu, Puduchery, NDRF teams positioned
India | Nov 15, 2018, 01:09 PM ISTGaja will be the second cyclone to hit the coastal area in a month after Cyclone Titli wreaked havoc in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh on October 11, killing a total of 70 people.
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Cyclone Gaja: Storm likely to cross Pamban, Cuddalore coasts on November 15 afternoon
India | Nov 13, 2018, 07:40 PM ISTWinds may reach a speed of 70-80 kmph and touch 90 kmph over west-central and adjoining east-central and south Bay of Bengal.