Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates: Maha and Gujarat coastal areas on high alert\, Section 144 imposed in Mumbai



Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates: Maha and Gujarat coastal areas on high alert, Section 144 imposed in Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured all possible support and assistance from the Centre, after speaking to Maharashtra CM Thackeray, his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani.


Cyclone Nisarga

As cyclone `Nisarga' is expected to intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm", scheduled to hit Maharashtra and South Gujarat coast on Wednesday (June 3), both the states are on high alert.

Touted to be more severe than other cyclonic storms that have hit the state in the past, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has urged the people to stay alert.

Mumbai city and suburbs, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts have been put on high alert as these are coastal areas.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured all possible support and assistance from the Centre, after speaking to Maharashtra CM Thackeray, his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani.

Cyclone 'Nisarga' is expected to make landfall along the Maharashtra coast on Wednesday with high wind speed ranging up to 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph.

In Maharashtra, 15 teams of the National Disaster Response Force and four teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed in different coastal areas while five teams have been kept on standby in the wake of the impending cyclone.

Meanwhile, the Gujarat government deployed 19 teams of NDRF and SDRF and has started evacuating over 78,000 people from four districts situated alongside the coastline.

Here are the live updates concerning cyclone `Nisarga':

June 3, 2020, 09:25 AM

While it’s best that you stay at home during heavy rainfall; but if, for some unavoidable reason, you need to drive your car, please ensure that you carry hammer or objects that can help you break glass in case your car doors get jammed: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

June 3, 2020, 09:20 AM

Prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), in view of cyclonic conditions in the city to ensure that there is no danger to human life, health or safety: Office of the Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai.

June 3, 2020, 09:15 AM

Cyclone Nisarga has intensified further, eye diameter has decreased to about 65 km during the past hour. Wind speed has increased from 85-95 kmph to 90-100 kmph, gusting to 110 mph: Government of India

June 3, 2020, 08:05 AM

Teams recceing the Khambat coast early morning today: SN Pradhan, NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) Director-General. 

June 3, 2020, 08:00 AM

Maharashtra: Strong winds and rain hit North Ratnagiri area. 

June 3, 2020, 07:56 AM

In the coming few hours in Mumbai, Mumbai may receive up to 100 mm of rain and strong winds. Nisarg cyclone can hit the Alibag area of ​​Raigad around 1 pm.

June 3, 2020, 07:30 AM

1916 is the BMC helpline for the cyclone

June 3, 2020, 07:20 AM

People are advised to remain indoors but mobilise evacuation from low lying areas. I advise fishermen to suspend operations&not venture into Eastcentral&Northeast Arabian Sea&along&off Karnataka-Goa-Maharashtra-south Gujarat coast: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Min of Earth Sciences.

June 3, 2020, 07:00 AM

NDRF teams conducted evacuation of population in very early morning hours of June 3 at Koliwada, Alibaug, Maharashtra: NDRF Director General SN Pradhan.