- The Indian Coast Guard said it was on high alert and had mobilised its vessels and aircraft to respond swiftly to any contingency owing to the cyclone that will bring torrential rain in the two neighbouring states.
- India Meteorological Department director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the entire eastern coast from Puri in Odisha and Sagar Island, West Bengal coast is likely to be impacted by the impending cyclone Dana.
- Multipurpose cyclone shelters, flood shelters and other buildings have been identified to shelter the vulnerable population. Arrangements have been made for the provision of food, drinking water, lighting, sanitation and health facilities to the people to be evacuated to such shelters, revenue and disaster management minister Suresh Pujari said.
- Based on the IMD forecast, the Odisha government has put 14 districts such as Angul, Puri, Nayagarh, Khordha, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Ganjam and Mayurbhanj on alert.
- In West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee said schools will remain closed in seven districts from October 23 to 26 as a precautionary measure.
- The districts in Bengal likely to experience the most significant effects of the storm include South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas, and Purba Medinipur, along with coastal areas and neighbouring districts like Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Jhargram, and Hooghly.
- More than 150 express and passenger trains running through South Eastern Railway jurisdiction have been cancelled in view of cyclone Dana. The trains cancelled include Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express, Kamakhya-Yesvantpur AC Express, Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express, Howrah-Bhubaneswar Shatabdi Express and Howrah-Yesvantpur Express. The East Coast Railways has also cancelled as many as 198 trains passing through and originating from Odisha.
- Advising fishermen not to venture into the sea from October 23 to 25, the IMD warned that wind speed is likely to reach 60 kilometres per hour (kmph) along and off Odisha-West Bengal coasts and gradually increase after that.
