The Dhanbad district administration has initiated emergency steps to prevent any disruption in Covid treatment across the district during Cyclone Yaas.

Deputy Commisioner Uma Shankar Singh on Monday instructed authorities to ensure there is no disruption in supply of oxygen cylinders or medicines because of electricity or water supply disturbances and road blockades.

Singh held a virtual meeting with all the officials including , Satyendra Kumar, municipal commissioner, Dileep Kumar, Managing Director of Mineral Area Development Authority (MADA) and Mahesh Kumar , Executive Engineering of Drinking Water and Sanitation department and asked them to remain alert and constitute quick response teams to reach badly hit areas to restore the supply of water, electricity besides clearing roads in case of possible uprooting of trees, water logging.

Municipal commissioner Satyendra Kumar said, “We have kept heavy earth movers, suction machines and recovery vehicles ready to reach different places and also carried out any prior inspection of the possible sites of water logging so that these machines can be rushed there.”

The deputy commissioner also instructed the magistrate and block development officers of all ten blocks including Dhanbad, Nirsa, Egarkund, Kalisol, Tundi, Purbi Tundi, Topchanchi, Govindpur, Baliapur and Baghmara to remain on alert mode.

There is a high rain alert across Dhanbad on May 26 and 27 during the course of Cyclone Yaas.