No lives were lost after Cyclone Biparjoy made a landfall in Gujarat, however, 23 people were injured and electricity supply was disrupted in about 1,000 villages in the state, NDRF Director General (DG) Atul Karwal told to PTI on Friday.
Karwal told reporters in Delhi that while two lives were 'tragically' lost before the landfall of the cyclone, not a single human life was lost post the landfall in Gujarat.
(Inputs from PTI)
Eight companies of the State Disaster Response Force have been deployed in Jaipur, Kota, Bharatpur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur and Bikaner and one company of the National Disaster Response Force has been deployed in Kishangarh in Ajmer district to rescue people affected by the heavy rains.
The local administration in the affected districts has also made preparations, such as arrangement of pumps and deployment of civil defence and disaster management teams, in view of the 'red' and 'orange' alerts.
(Inputs from PTI)
માનનીય વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદીએ ટેલીફોનિક વાતચીત કરીને ગુજરાત પર તોળાઈ રહેલા બિપરજોય વાવાઝોડાની પરિસ્થિતિની સંપૂર્ણ વિગતો મેળવી. તેઓશ્રીએ ગીર ફોરેસ્ટના સિંહ સહિત વન્યપ્રાણીઓની સલામતીની ચિંતા વ્યક્ત કરીને તેમની કાળજીની વ્યવસ્થાની પૃચ્છા પણ કરી હતી.
— Bhupendra Patel (@Bhupendrapbjp) June 15, 2023
Several areas of Jalore and Barmer districts in Rajasthan witnessed heavy rain due to Cyclone Biparjoy, which moved towards the state following its landfall in Gujarat, PTI reported.
A meteorological department official said 60-70 mm rains occurred at a few places on Thursday night and extremely heavy rainfall is likely to occur in both the districts and adjoining areas on Friday.
(Inputs from PTI)
#WATCH | Gujarat: NDRF Personnel conduct road clearance operation in Bhuj after cyclone 'Biparjoy' made landfall along the Gujarat coast yesterday. pic.twitter.com/QtNdJzKmUu
— ANI (@ANI) June 16, 2023
At 0230 of Today, 16th June the SCS BIPARJOY lay centered over Saurashtra-Kutch region, 30 km north of Naliya. it would further move NE-wards and weaken into a CS by early morning of 16th and into a depression by the same evening over south Rajasthan.
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 15, 2023
Morbi, Gujarat | Strong winds broke electric wires and poles, causing a power outage in 45 villages of Maliya tehsil. We are restoring power in 9 villages & power has been restored in the remaining villages: J. C. Goswami, Executive Engineer, PGVCL, Morbi pic.twitter.com/VbpYPV46TV
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023
PTI reported that Cyclone Biparjoy's centre will be over the land by 11:00 p.m.
"By 11 pm, its (cyclone's) centre will be over the land. The landfall process will continue till midnight, after which it will start weakening," says IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra.
Cyclone Biparjoy landfall has started in Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat, PTI reported citing the Indian Metrological Department.
The process of landfall of cyclone Biparjoy started in the Indian state of Gujarat at around 6:45 p.m. on Thursday evening.
The impact of the landfall is likely to continue till midnight, NDTV reported citing Indian Metrological Department.
The diameter of the eye of the cyclone is 50 km.
Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall near Jakhau Port soon, NDTV reported.
The windspeed at the area is between 110-115 kmph.
#WATCH | Gujarat: Mandvi witnesses strong winds and heavy rain as 'Biparjoy' approaches Gujarat coast to make landfall today evening. pic.twitter.com/daU4ucmAF2
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023
The state administration has so far shifted more than 94,000 persons living in eight coastal districts to temporary shelters, PTI reported.
#CycloneBiparjoy is heading into Gujarat. So how did the cyclone get its name?
— BQ Prime (@bqprime) June 15, 2023
Here is all you need to know.
Read latest updates: https://t.co/V2aaMFzHmi pic.twitter.com/pveLC0hAFq
The Ministry has advised media organisations to undertake abundant precaution and due care in the matter of deployment of their personnel in the areas likely to be affected.
It has also strongly recommended that under no circumstances the organisation should take decisions for deployment of such personnel in a way which may compromise the safety and security of the media personnel and follow the precautions being issued by local the administration.
#WATCH | "18 teams of NDRF and 12 teams of SDRF have been deployed across Gujarat in which the maximum team is in Kutch. Other detailed preparations have also been done. Pregnant women have been identified and shifted to hospitals. Reserve NDRF teams at 15 more places have been… pic.twitter.com/Thw0Coajwq
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023
As promised in my previous video 📸 here are some pictures of the cyclone #Biparjoy forming in the Arabian Sea that I clicked over two days from the International Space Station 🌩️ pic.twitter.com/u7GjyfvmB9
— Sultan AlNeyadi (@Astro_Alneyadi) June 14, 2023
Cyclone Warning for Saurashtra and Kutch Coasts: RED MESSAGE. VSCS BIPARJOY at 0830IST today near lat 22.6N & long 67.1E, about 170km WSW of Jakhau Port (Gujarat) and 210km West of Devbhumi Dwarka. To cross near Jakhau Port (Gujarat) by evening of today as VSCS. pic.twitter.com/iESz82jRRW
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 15, 2023
#WATCH | "Teams are taking stock of the low-lying areas. Relief work is underway. Its (Cyclone Biparjoy) effect will be maximum till 4-8 pm," says Anupam, Deputy Commandant, NDRF, Gandhinagar pic.twitter.com/3M4zd4rQIQ
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023
#WRUpdates #CycloneBiparjoyUpdate
— Western Railway (@WesternRly) June 15, 2023
For the kind attention of passengers.
The following trains of 15/06/2023 have been Fully Cancelled by WR as a precautionary measure in the cyclone prone
areas over Western Railway. pic.twitter.com/ChvGBjEqVE
Cyclone Biparjoy: Rough sea waves seen in Mumbai, high tides expected
— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) June 15, 2023
Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/If7A0Jb9t2#CycloneBiparjoy #CycloneBiparjoyUpdate #Cyclone #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/9UsHA5cgHd
Indian army has deployed more than 27 relief columns across Gujarat as well as at the forward locations of Mandvi, and Dwarka. Army authorities have also jointly started relief operations along with civil administration as well as with the NDRF teams: Wing Commander N Manish,… pic.twitter.com/kqTdh9A9fs
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે આજે સાંજે સ્ટેટ ઇમરજન્સી ઓપરેશન સેન્ટર ખાતે મુખ્ય સચિવશ્રી સહિતના ઉચ્ચ અધિકારીઓ સાથે બેઠક યોજી ગુજરાતમાં બિપરજોય વાવાઝોડાની સંભવિત અસરોને ખાળવા માટે વહીવટી તંત્ર દ્વારા કરાયેલી કામગીરીની વિગતો મેળવીને જરૂરી સૂચનો કર્યા હતા.
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) June 14, 2023
અત્રે ઉલ્લેખનીય છે કે,… pic.twitter.com/56g4dekxxL
Smt @nsitharaman emphasised that banking services should be restored at the earliest post-cyclone to provide ease to the citizens.
— NSitharamanOffice (@nsitharamanoffc) June 14, 2023
She emphasised that Banking Correspondents should be available & cash availability should be ensured, especially where ATM restoration may take…
Cyclone Biparjoy is likely to hit Jakhau Port in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday. The state administration has evacuated more than 74,000 people and deployed disaster management units for rescue and relief.
(With Inputs from PTI)
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