Jawad, the cyclonic storm that would hit the east coast on Sunday and onwards, has made the Bengal government change the travel plan of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata, who is scheduled to attend review meetings of five districts, will take a train from Calcutta to reach Malda on Monday.

“Jawad has weakened before its landfall but it would surely have some impact on the weather conditions. That is why, it has been decided that the chief minister will not travel in a chopper to Malda but will take a train to reach here,” said a source in Nabanna.

After reaching Malda, Mamata will head for Raiganj on Tuesday to attend the administrative review meetings of North and South Dinajpur districts. She will return to Malda after the meetings.

Earlier, there was a plan to organize the meeting of South Dinajpur district at Gangarampur.

“Arrangements were in progress. However, we received a fresh communication from the chief minister’s office where it was told that the meetings would be held together in Raiganj. Also, in Raiganj, the venue of the meeting has been changed,” said a source in South Dinajpur district administration.

Initially, it was planned to hold the meeting at Raiganj stadium but now, it will be held at the sports complex in Karnajora, where there is also an auditorium.

“There is a forecast of rainfall as an aftereffect of the cyclone. That is why, it seems, these changes have been made,” the source added.

On Wednesday, Mamata will attend the review meeting of Malda district. From there, she will head for Murshidabad via road.

“She will also hold review meetings of Murshidabad and Nadia districts. From Nadia, she will head for Calcutta on Thursday. If the weather improves by then, she might take a chopper to Calcutta,” an official said.

Meanwhile, in Malda, district Trinamul leaders have readied certain issues which they intend to raise before the chief minister during her visit. There are indications that she might hold a meeting with party functionaries ahead of the administrative meeting, said Trinamul sources.

“Post of the sabhadhipati of (Trinamul run) Malda Zilla Parishad is vacant for the past six months (the former sabhadhipati had defected to BJP ahead of the Assembly elections). To expedite rural development, we should have an elected member in the post. We would request the chief minister to select the person who should be put in the post,” said Abdur Rahim Boxi, the Malda district Trinamul chief.

Sabina Yeasmin, a Trinamul MLA from Malda who is also the minister of state for irrigation and NB development, is also making preparations for the review meeting. Last Friday, she held a meeting with officials of different departments posted in these three districts.

“Discussions have also been held over utilization of a corpus of 100 crores that the state has sanctioned to carry out anti-erosion works in Malda. We are waiting for the review meeting and will act as per instructions of the chief minister,” said Yeasmin.