Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Sunday clarified that the low pressure brewing over Bay of Bengal, which is expected to turn into a depression, is unlikely to have any direct impact on Odisha.

According to the MeT office, a low-pressure area may form over southeast Bay of Bengal around October 21 under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over south Andaman Sea & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal. The system is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify further into a depression over central parts of south Bay of Bengal and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal during the subsequent 48 hours. ADVERTISEMENT

Mohapatra said that no warning has been issued for Odisha. He, however, said that fishermen should avoid venturing i

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