After the meeting, Sangma said he had conducted a review meeting with all concerned departments like the Revenue and Disaster Management, Food & Civil Supplies and deputy commissioners of different districts keeping in mind that the monsoon has started and the state is seeing heavy rainfall and heavy winds.

“It was a positive meeting. The necessary steps are being taken as we speak to ensure that the administrations and the departments are ready to ensure that all the support is given during different situations due to heavy winds and cyclones in the coming days and coming months,” he said.

He said that the government is also looking into all damages and loss of life and the different challenges that the districts are facing and people are facing at ground level.

Sangma also said that the meeting was to review the steps that have been taken by the district administrations and “more importantly to ensure that we make necessary arrangements prepared for coming days in which we expect that the rainfall could be more and heavier and such eventuality the district administrations and overall departments should be ready to ensure that all necessary steps and relief are given to the people.”

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