Cyclone Nisarga: beaten by COVID-19, Mumbai on alert as cyclone Nisarga approaches: 10 points

Mumbai:

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted Tuesday afternoon, writing: “Took stock of the situation in the wake of hurricane conditions in parts of India’s west coast. Praying for the welfare of all. J ‘urge people to take all possible precautions and safety measures (sic)’. Interior Minister Amit Shah met with Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday to review preparations for the cyclone on Monday.
2. Cyclone Nisarga is expected to have wind speeds greater than 100 km / h, with gusts up to 120 km / h. IMD said on Tuesday afternoon: “It is very likely that it will move almost north over the next few hours, then bend north-northeast and cross north of Maharashtra and the coast. adjacent south of Gujarat (between Harihareshwar and Daman, near Alibag in the Raigad district of Maharashtra). the afternoon of June 3 “.
3. More than 30 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed in the areas expected to be affected along the coasts of Maharashtra and Gujarat. An NDRF team consists of 45 people. Gujarat has requested five additional teams; 15 will be stationed in the state Tuesday evening, and two more on standby, said NDRF chief SN Pradhan. Ten teams have been dispatched to Maharashtra, six of which are pending.
4. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray listed some of the measures taken. These include evacuating those staying in thatched huts. “Slum dwellers in the metropolitan area of ​​Mumbai, especially those in the lower areas, have been asked to evacuate,” said the office of the chief minister (CMO). Non-COVID-19 hospitals have been instructed to prepare for any medical emergency. The state is also taking action in the event of a power outage and securing the Palghar district nuclear power plant.
5. “The teams are preparing to deal with the damage that could be caused by falling trees, landslides and heavy precipitation,” added the CMO. A control room has been installed in the Maharahtra secretariat building and will be operational 24 hours a day. Instructions have also been given to the army, air force, navy and IMD to coordinate. Three NDRF teams in the state are stationed in Mumbai, two in Palghar and one in Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.
6. About 20,000 people from 47 coastal villages in the Valsad and Navsari districts of Gujarat are evacuated. “We have already identified shelters and started the evacuation of nearly 10,000 inhabitants from 35 villages,” said RR Raval, collector for the Valsad district, quoted by the PTI news agency. In the neighboring Navsari district, the administration has started to evacuate around 10,200 people from 12 villages.
7. Indian Coast Guard vessels and planes have been deployed along the coast to warn fishermen and merchant vessels to return to port. In two widely shared videos, Coast Guard sailors are seen urging fishermen to return to shore. “It is a warning of heavy rain and bad weather in this area. You are all invited to turn your boats towards the port as soon as possible”, can hear the sailor.
8. Maharashtra is already struggling with an alarming COVID-19 epidemic; there are more than 70,000 confirmed cases in the state with 2,362 deaths related to the virus. Hospitals and law enforcement, especially in Mumbai, are already out of breath.
9. Cyclone Nisarga will be the second to hit the Indian coast in less than two weeks; Last month, Cyclone Amphan, one of the worst storms to have occurred over the Bay of Bengal in recent years, hit Bengal and parts of Odisha, killing nearly 100 people and affecting hundreds from thousands to thousands of thousands of thousands of thousands of kilos. The Chief Minister of Bengal estimated the damage to the crore of 1 lakh rupee.
10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an aerial survey in the affected regions and granted 1,000 crore rupees “interim interim assistance” for Bengal and 500 crore rupees for Odisha. The Prime Minister also referred to Amphan in his monthly radio address, “Mann Ki Baat”, on Sunday, saying: “India is with Odisha and Bengal”.

With the contribution of PTI