<p>Barring inundation of some low- lying areas in coastal West Bengal, there has been no impact of cyclone Phailin in the state, Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan said.<br /></p>.<p>The restriction on people to stay indoors at Digha, Mandarmoni and Shankarpur in the coastal areas has been lifted as the "danger is over", he told PTI.<br /><br />Disaster management and civil defence personnel were deployed in the coastal areas to deal with the impact of the cyclone after it made landfall in Odisha last night.<br /><br />"We had posted disaster management, civil defence and rescue teams at Digha, Shankarpur, Contai, Mandarmoni, Diamond Harbour and some areas in the Sundarbans," Khan said.<br /><br />Powerful cyclone Phailin last night pounded the Odisha coast with wind speeds of over 200kmph.<br /><br />Massive evacuations were conducted in the eastern coastal states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in a bid to avoid casualties in the cyclone.<br /></p>
<p>Barring inundation of some low- lying areas in coastal West Bengal, there has been no impact of cyclone Phailin in the state, Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan said.<br /></p>.<p>The restriction on people to stay indoors at Digha, Mandarmoni and Shankarpur in the coastal areas has been lifted as the "danger is over", he told PTI.<br /><br />Disaster management and civil defence personnel were deployed in the coastal areas to deal with the impact of the cyclone after it made landfall in Odisha last night.<br /><br />"We had posted disaster management, civil defence and rescue teams at Digha, Shankarpur, Contai, Mandarmoni, Diamond Harbour and some areas in the Sundarbans," Khan said.<br /><br />Powerful cyclone Phailin last night pounded the Odisha coast with wind speeds of over 200kmph.<br /><br />Massive evacuations were conducted in the eastern coastal states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in a bid to avoid casualties in the cyclone.<br /></p>