CS NISARGA LAY CENTERED AT 1630 HRS IST OF TODAY, THE 03RD JUNE 2020 NEAR LAT. 18.65°N AND LONG. 73.3°E (Pune District) OVER INTERIOR MAHARASTRA ABOUT 70 KM EAST-NORTHEAST OF ALIBAGH, 80 KM EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MUMBAI (COLABA) AND 45 KM NORTHWEST OF PUNE.
— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) June 3, 2020
Estimated tidal wave along and off Raigad, Mumbai and Thane districts at the time of landfall was about 1 to 2 metres, IMD said in its 3:20 p.m bulletin.
“It is decreasing gradually with the inland movement of the cyclone,” the Met Department said. “The storm surge of 0.5 metre above astronomical tide is likely to continue along and off Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts during next three hours.”
NISARGA LAY CENTERED AT 1430 HRS OF THE 03RD JUNE 2020 OVER COASTAL MAHARASHTRA NEAR LAT. 18.5°N AND LONG. 73.2°E CLOSE TO EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ALIBAGH, 75 KM SOUTHEAST OF MUMBAI (COLABA) AND 65 KM WEST OF PUNE.
— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) June 3, 2020
CURRENT INTENSITY (NEAR CENTER) 90-100 KMPH GUSTING TO 110 KMPH. pic.twitter.com/u4xvdPp4tf
THE CENTER OF THE SEVERE CYCLONE "NISARGA" IS VERY CLOSE TO MAHARASHTRA COAST. LANDFALL PROCESS STARTED AND IT WILL BE COMPLETED DURING NEXT 3 HOURS. THE NORTHEAST SECTOR OF THE EYE OF SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM “NISARGA” IS ENTERING INTO LAND.
— India Met. Dept. (@Indiametdept) June 3, 2020
Nearly 50,000 people living in coastal areas of south Gujarat and some 4,000 residents of the neighbouring Union Territory of Daman have so far been shifted to safer places, officials said on Wednesday.
Police have been deployed on all the beaches in Gujarat's coastal belt and people have been asked to remain indoors, they said.
"As many as 50,000 living near the coastline in South Gujarat have already been shifted to safer places while work is in progress to evacuate more people," Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue, Pankaj Kumar said.
While the cyclone is expected to cross the state coast in the afternoon, light rain started in most parts of Valsad and Navsari districts since morning.
As a precautionary measure, about 236 large hoardings and 120 high mast lights have been removed from Surat, Valsad and other towns of coastal region, Kumar said. “Around 250 ambulances and 170 emergency medical teams have been kept on stand-by in the South Gujarat region to address any eventuality.”
Besides, some 4,000 people living close to the sea shore in the adjoining Union Territory of Daman have also been shifted to safer places," another official said.
(Source: PTI)
More than 15,000 people residing in low lying areas and kutcha houses near the coast in Dahanu, Palghar, Vasai and Talasari tehsils of Palghar were evacuated and shifted to safer places, he said.
Prohibitory orders have already been imposed in Palghar and neighbouring Thane district till Thursday, and people, including fishermen, have been asked not to venture into the sea.
(Source: PTI)
The Central Railway has resheduled, diverted and regulated some trains from Mumbai in view of the cyclonic storm 'Nisarga'.
Five special trains departing from Mumbai have been rescheduled and three special trains will be either diverted or regulated enroute, the Central Railway said in a release.
- LTT-Gorakhpur Special will depart at 8 p.m. instead of 11:10 a.m.
- LTT-Thiruvananthapuram Special will depart at 6 p.m. instead of 11:40 a.m.
- LTT-Darbhanga Special will depart at 8:30 p.m. instead of 12:15 p.m.
- LTT-Varanasi Special will depart at 9 p.m. instead of 12:40 p.m.
- CSMT-Bhubaneswar Special will depart at 8 p.m. instead of 3:05 p.m.
- Patna-LTT Special scheduled to arrive at 11:30 a.m., and Varanasi-CSMT Special scheduled to arrive at 2:15 p.m. will be regulated enroute and arrive behind schedule
- Thiruvananthapuram-LTT Special scheduled to arrive at 4:40 p.m. will be diverted via Pune to arrive behind schedule
According to the Konkan Railway, it has diverted the Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Special and Thiruvananthapuram Central-LTT Special trains, which departed on June 2, via Madgaon Junction-Londa-Miraj-Pune-Manmad route.
The Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram Central Special, which started on June 2, has also been diverted via Surat-Vasai Road-Kalyan-Miraj-Londa-Madgaon route, the Konkan Railway said in a release.
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