Cyclone Biparjoy Update: Cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ has weakened somewhat after hitting Gujarat’s Kutch and Saurashtra. A few hours after reaching the Gujarat coast, the intensity of Biparjoy reduced from ‘very severe’ to ‘severe’. Along with this, it was also predicted to turn into a low pressure area. After weakening, this cyclone has moved towards South Rajasthan.
Due to the cyclone, the power supply of about one thousand villages of Gujarat has been affected. The immediate challenge before the state government is to restore power supply to the villages and clear the fallen trees on the roads.
Heavy rain forecast in North Gujarat
The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains in North Gujarat. In a press release, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was quoted as saying that due to advance planning and evacuation of more than one lakh people to safe places, no one died.
It said that 1,127 teams are working in Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Morbi, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Rajkot and Porbandar districts to restore power supply. At the same time, the Forest Department has removed 581 trees that have fallen on the roads.
No one died because of Biparjoy – State Relief Commissioner
Earlier, State Relief Commissioner Alok Kumar Pandey told the media, “There is no information about the loss of life of any person in the state due to cyclonic storm Biparjoy. This is the biggest achievement for the state. This was possible with our combined efforts.
The press release said that of the 1,09,000 people evacuated from coastal areas to safer places, 10,918 were children, 5,070 senior citizens and 1,152 pregnant women.
Hundreds of electric poles were damaged in Kutch and Saurashtra areas of Gujarat due to strong winds and heavy rains caused by ‘Biparjoy’. Please tell that Biparjoy means ‘disaster’ in Bengali language.
Winds blowing at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour
Earlier, the process of approaching the Jakhau port of the cyclonic storm started at around 6:30 pm on Thursday (June 15) and continued till 2:30 am on Friday. During this, there was heavy rain in the entire Kutch district. The cyclone caused winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour and heavy rains that uprooted a large number of trees and electric poles, and sea water flooded low-lying villages.
Heavy loss to the power company
State Relief Commissioner said that Gujarat’s power company ‘Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited’ has suffered heavy losses due to the storm and 5,120 electric poles were damaged. He said that there was no electricity in at least 4,600 villages but power supply has been restored in 3,580 villages.
Here’s what the State Emergency Operations Center said about the damage
The State Emergency Operation Center said that due to the cyclone, many parts of Kutch as well as Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Morbi districts received very heavy rainfall (100-185 mm) on Friday (June 16). Along with this, strong winds blew at a speed of 95 km per hour. At least 23 people were injured in incidents related to the cyclonic storm, officials said. At the same time, many houses have also been damaged.
When asked about the death of a man and his son while rescuing their goats stuck in a swollen drain in Bhavnagar on Thursday amid heavy rains, he said since the cyclone did not affect the district, the deaths were minor. was not counted in the incidents related to the cyclone.
He said, “Three state highways were closed due to vandalism and falling of trees. According to the report, a total of 581 trees have been uprooted. Nine pucca and 20 kutcha houses have been damaged, while two pucca and 474 kutcha houses have suffered partial damage.” The official said that 65 huts have been destroyed, the government to compensate those who have suffered damage in the cyclone. Preparing orders.
Mandvi city and its surroundings
Around 25 kutcha houses were damaged in Kacha village near Mandvi. Village sarpanch Rakesh Gaur said, “We have no electricity since yesterday. But there has been no untoward incident in the village.” He said, “We have kept 400 people from different villages in our shelter homes for the last four days.”
About 30 trees and 20 electric poles were uprooted in Mandvi town. Abdul Hussain, a resident of Mandvi, said, “We have no electricity since 4 pm yesterday. The roofs of our houses were blown away and our houses were filled with water.
Chance of extremely heavy rain in Banaskantha-Patan
As the cyclone moves further into the state, officials in the districts of Banaskantha and Patan are evacuating people living in low-lying areas to safer places as the India Meteorological Department has forecast extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in the two districts .
The Meteorological Department said that there will be extremely heavy rainfall in some parts of Kutch district. It has also warned of heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places in Banaskantha till Sunday morning and in Patan till Saturday morning.
More than one lakh people were evacuated to safer places
Relief Commissioner Pandey said that more than one lakh people were evacuated to safer places and this was one of the biggest such operations in the history of the state. He said that now with the improvement in the situation, they (people) will be sent back.
Banaskantha District Magistrate Varun Baranwal said that more than 2,500 people have been shifted to safer places and more people are being evacuated from low-lying areas. “We have kept 25,000 food packets ready,” he said.
Earlier, IMD expressed the possibility of heavy rains in the remaining districts of Gujarat on Friday. It warned that the rains could damage houses and roads and uproot trees in districts of north Gujarat.
The Director General of NDRF said this
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General Atul Karwal told the media in Delhi on Friday that no one has lost his life after the arrival of cyclonic storm Biparjoy in Gujarat. The Director General of NDRF said that at least one thousand villages of the state are facing power crisis. 40 percent power crisis is in Kutch district alone.
18 teams of NDRF are deployed in Gujarat with tree cutting machines and boats for relief and rescue work. He said that five teams are deployed in Mumbai and four in Karnataka to deal with any situation arising out of the cyclone.
The cyclone is now moving towards south Rajasthan and NDRF has already deployed a team in Jalore in consultation with the state government as there is a danger of flooding and people getting trapped due to heavy rains.
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