New Delhi: The NDRF on Monday (May 17) mentioned it has evacuated thousands of stranded folks in the final three days in Gujarat, Kerala and Daman and Diu in view of Cyclone Tauktae.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has mentioned that Tauktae has now intensified into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm”. It is more likely to attain the Gujarat coast by Monday (May 17) night and cross the state coast between 8 pm and 11 pm.
“Teams are continuously cutting and clearing heavy trees and electric poles that have been uprooted and crashed on roads. Extensive efforts are being made to bring the situation to normal in the affected states.”
“In the last three days, the force has evacuated thousands of stranded people to safer places in Gujarat, Kerala and Daman and Diu and it is assisting district administration in mass evacuation of the people from the coastline,” an NDRF spokesperson mentioned.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has earmarked a complete of 101 groups, with 47 personnel in every, for enterprise aid and rescue operations in the aftermath of the cyclone in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Twenty-two groups out of those have been saved as a reserve at numerous NDRF bases in the nation and will be airlifted at a brief discover, a senior officer mentioned.
The spokesperson added {that a} complete of 44 groups “are deployed in Gujarat where the landfall of the cyclone is anticipated between Porbandar and Mahuva (Bhavnagar district) during the night of May 17.”
He added that the headquarters of the drive right here is carefully monitoring the scenario via its 24×7 management room and is in shut contact with state authorities to sort out this “big challenge” that has come when the coronavirus pandemic is raging.
(inputs from company)
