Bhubaneswar: Bus services from Bhubaneswar to various South Odisha towns have been suspended tomorrow due to very severe cyclonic storm Arnab. Similarly, no buses will ply from South Odisha to Bhubaneswar.
The treasurer of Odisha Private Bus Owners Association, Barada Prasanna Acharya, informed that over 150 private buses will not ply on the same route tomorrow. The decision has been taken in view of passenger safety and government guidelines in the wake of heavy rain and wind forecast due to the cyclonic storm.
Under its impact, heavy rain accompanied by strong wind is likely to affect most parts of South Odisha, Western Odisha and Coastal Odisha.
Meanwhile, the very severe cyclonic storm Arnab over Westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards at 20 kmph and lay centered at 11:30 am today near 16.2°N and 83.7°E, about 170 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam and 370 km south-southwest of Gopalpur.
It is very likely to move west-northwestwards till this evening and then northwestwards to cross Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between Bapatla and Visakhapatnam, close to Yanam, as a very severe cyclonic storm with wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph by forenoon of October 28. Red warning has been issued for several Odisha districts.
