Cyclone Biparjoy: Amit Shah to visit Gujarat to take stock of situation in areas affected by Cyclone
2 min read 17 Jun 2023, 12:37 PM ISTUnion Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Gujarat's Kutch and Jakhau Port to take stock of the situation in areas affected by cyclone Biparjoy.
PremiumUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Gujarat's Kutch and Jakhau Port today in order to take stock of the situation in areas affected by cyclone ‘Biparjoy’.
Soon after arriving in the state, the Union Minister will first conduct an aerial survey of affected areas and then visit shelter homes to meet people. He will also be holding meeting with CM Bhupendra Patel and senior officers.
Shah will then visit Mandvi and meet people affected by the cyclone and then visit the Swami Narayan Temple in Bhuj and review food materials and other facilities being provided for affected people, as reported by news agency ANI.
Cyclone Biparjoy LIVE
Cyclone Biparjoy, which originated in the Arabian Sea and swept across the west coast of India, made landfall on Thursday night around 10 km north of the Jakhau Port in Kutch in Gujarat. The cyclone has now weakened into a deep depression and is also expected to weaken further into depression in the next few hours, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Earlier on Friday, Gujarat Chief Minister gave a public message about the planned, determined and collective efforts of the entire state against the cyclone and thanked people for being supportive. "We have been able to fight a big calamity without any casualty. NDRF, SDRF and other agencies worked tirelessly to mitigate any damage caused by the cyclone," he said. He further added, “Even central ministers camped in Gujarat for five days to take stock of the situation and I am grateful to the people of the state for being supportive." Now the big challenge is to restore and get life back on track, all the agencies will work on it now and we will soon achieve success in it too, he said.
Meanwhile, giving an update, NDRF Director General Atul Karwal on Friday said that there has been no loss of lives reported after Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat.
"Twenty-four animals have died and 23 people have been injured. Electricity supply has been interrupted in about a thousand villages. 800 trees have fallen. It is not raining heavily anywhere except Rajkot," the NDRF DG Karwal said.
(With inputs from agencies)