In view of the Cyclone Tauktae, vaccination drive towards Covid-19 will stay suspended throughout Gujarat on May 17 and May 18, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani knowledgeable on Sunday.
The chief minister has requested the residents to not depart their properties throughout May 17 and May 18. He mentioned that there’s a risk of heavy rains together with hurricanes in your complete state of Gujarat.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Tauktae which has taken the type of a “very severe cyclonic storm” is prone to intensify additional through the subsequent 24 hours and attain the Gujarat coast on Monday night.
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Strong winds with velocity reaching as much as 90 km/per had been lashing the western coastal area.
According to the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD, by May 18 the wind velocity is anticipated to extend to 150-160 km per hour, gusting as much as 175 km per hour.
An estimated 1.5 lakh persons are being shifted from low-lying coastal areas in Gujarat whereas 54 groups of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed in the state.
Maharashtra too was bracing for the storm because the Met division predicted heavy to very heavy rains at remoted locations in north Konkan, Mumbai, Thane and Palghar and intensely heavy rainfall in Raigad on Monday.
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