If it did make the landfall, the devastation would be unimaginable.
Weekend tourism may take a beating in Puducherry thanks to the heavy rain in the trail of Cyclone Ockhi that battered Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Thiruvananthapuram: Scientists insist that Cyclone Ockhi did never make its landfall on Thiruvananthapuram. The system’s periphery was at least 70 km away from the shoreline. If it did make the landfall, the devastation would be unimaginable.
This has been IMD’s stance. But none of top IMD officials, either in New Delhi or Thiruvananthapuram, was willing to share further information with DC. When contacted, the IMD director-general, Dr K.R. Ramesh, told this newspaper that “there was no deficiency in service delivery. We will not share anything further with the media. Await our minister’s statement in Parliament”. He said this when it was pointed out that Dr Shashi Tharoor had indicated lapses by the IMD.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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