Raipur, October 27, 2026: Chhattisgarh has put a majority of its territory under the Red or Orange alert as cyclonic storm Arnab is approaching the state from the Bay of Bengal, officials said today.
“Chhattisgarh could experience a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of up to 90 kilometres per hour,” Deputy Commissioner Relief of Government of Chhattisgarh Gajendra Thakur told ChhattisgarhTopNews.Com today.
Due to a cyclonic storm forming in the Bay of Bengal, heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected across various districts of Chhattisgarh in the coming days. Specifically, heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in some parts of the state on October 28 and 29, Thakur said.
Under its influence, standing crops are likely to be affected along with Rail, road, airways traffic due to heavy rainfall couple with high speed wind.
After a detailed discussion on the meeting of the Cabinet Secretary Dr T V Somanathan yesterday standard operating procedure (SOP) have been issued and the state is working towards “zero casualty” during the Cyclonic Storm Arnab, a senior official, looking after the disaster management, said.
Chhattisgarh has 33 districts, out of which five districts of the southern parts of the state namely Bastar, Dantewada, Sukma, Bijapur and Narayanpur have been put on “Red Alert” whereas 12 districts are put under “Orange Alert”, he said.
Since the path of the cyclone storm is expected to pass through Chhattisgarh, at least eleven specialized disaster management teams of personnel have been deployed in difference parts of the state, including four of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and seven teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).
“All the 33 district administrations have been put on alert for zero casualties and preparing a report, where people could be shifted to safer places to minimize the loss of life and properties,” he said.
Meanwhile, Special Relief Commissioner of the neighbouring Odisha state, through a press release, stated that six districts of the coastal state have been put under “Orange Alert” whereas “Yellow Alert” has been issued for 16 districts of the state for today (October 27, 2026).
As the cyclone is expected to land fall tomorrow Wednesday, the Odisha administration has issued Red alert for five districts, Orange alert for 11 districts and Yellow alert for 14 districts for 24 hour from 8 AM of October 28, next, according to the release.
