Amit Shah Says Zero Casualties During Cyclone Biparjoy A ‘Major Achievement’

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday mentioned it was a significant achievement of the Gujarat authorities that no demise passed off on account of cyclone Biparjoy regardless that it packed a wind pace of 140 kmph whereas making landfall. Electricity might be restored in affected areas by June 20, he mentioned, speaking to reporters in Bhuj, the headquarters of the Kutch district which bore the brunt of the cyclone. Power provide has been restored in 1,600 villages and totally restored in Junagadh and Porbandar districts, the Union minister mentioned. The state authorities will quickly perform a survey of injury prompted to crops, orchards and fishing boats, and announce a reduction bundle, he mentioned. 

The state and Union governments labored collectively efficiently to face the cyclone, Shah mentioned. “We can express satisfaction that nobody has died in the cyclone that made landfall with wind speed of 140 kmph,” he mentioned, including that it was a “major achievement”. “Not only that, but the number of injured persons was only 47 and casualties of cattle were just 234,” Shah added. 

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Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall close to Jakhau on Kutch coast on Thursday night, felling bushes and electrical poles and damaging homes. The authorities’s precedence now’s restoration of electrical energy, water provide and sending people who find themselves in shelters again to their properties, the Union minister mentioned. “Those who were shifted will be sent back to their homes in a couple of days,” he added. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi constantly guided the Ministry of Home Affairs, Gujarat authorities and all authorities businesses, Shah mentioned, including that to come back out of this catastrophe with a minimal injury was a terrific instance of efficient teamwork. With advance planning and preparation by the state authorities and central businesses, the injury to human and animal lives and property was minimized, he mentioned, praising the state authorities’s “zero casualty approach”.

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 Central groups supported the state authorities in guaranteeing fast-paced reduction and rehabilitation efforts, he mentioned. More than one lakh folks together with 1,152 pregnant girls had been shifted to safer areas forward of the cyclone whereas 73,000 cattle had been additionally relocated, Shah famous. Earlier, the Union dwelling minister carried out an aerial survey of cyclone-affected districts and visited farmers within the coastal Mandvi space and shelters in Jakhau.