Cyclone Nisarga: The National Disaster Response Force said it had positioned 9 teams in vulnerable districts.
New Delhi:
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday that tropical cyclone Nisarga had headed for the coast of Maharashtra and was to land on June 3 near Mumbai.
“The depression over the east-central Arabian Sea was near latitude 14.4 degrees N and longitude 71.2 degrees E about 300 km west-southwest of Panjim, 550 km south-southwest of Mumbai and 770 km south-southwest of Surat, “added IMD.
The organization advised “fishermen not to venture into the southeast of the Arabian Sea, in the Lakshadweep region and along and off the coast of Kerala for the next 48 hours; in the east-central Arabian Sea and off the coast of Karnataka-Goa until June 3 in east-central Arabia “. Sea along and off the coast of Maharashtra and the northeast of the Arabian Sea along and off the coast of Gujarat from June 3 to 4. “
Yesterday, the National Disaster Assistance Response Force (NDRF) said it had positioned nine teams in vulnerable districts – three in Mumbai, two in Palghar, one in Thane, one in Raigad, one in Ratnagiri and one in Sindhudurg.
