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As Cyclone Dana approaches the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal, Umasankar Das from the India Meteorological Department shares vital insights on its expected impact, affected areas, and important safety measures for residents.

As cyclone Dana inches closer, it is important to understand the risks it brings, and take necessary precautions to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.

SEEDS founded by Dr Manu Gupta and Dr Anshu Sharma in 1994 has helped over 8 lakh people, rebuilt more than 62,000 homes and 650 schools across India.

Pune-based Rahul Pathak launched Aquaplus Water Purifiers (Pvt) Ltd to make filters that can purify water without electricity and reach the remotest parts of the world during natural disasters to provide access to clean drinking water.

Maxmillan Martin, Aloysius Gomez, Sajan, Sindhu Mariya Napoleon and Kishore Clement started Radio Monsoon to analyse technical data from weather forecasting agencies and help the fishing community receive timely and accurate information

Sagar Pradhan from Odisha is an author and software engineer, who has been using the royalty money he has earned from his written work to plant thousands of trees and revive ponds

Bijay Kumar Kabi, director at Action for Protection of Wild Animals in Odisha planted a mangrove forest to prevent Badakot village from being eroded by cyclones

As cyclone Nisarga inches closer, it is important to understand the risks it brings, and take necessary precautions to keep yourself and your home safe.

Located in the Thanjavur district and spread across 564 acres, the lake was responsible for irrigating 6,000 acres of agricultural land. However, due to constant misuse and exploitation by the soil mafia, it did not hold sufficient water.

DM Poonam Guha and Amit Rituraj, the sub-collector of Gunupur division, sprung to action and after surveying the damage, they led the district administration into evacuating over 1000 people living in the low-lying areas