Cyclone Biparjoy Live Updates: Landfall near Gujarat’s Jakhau Port on June 15; PM Modi directs safety measures
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a meeting to review the Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ situation, on Monday directed senior officers to take every possible measure to ensure that people living in vulnerable locations are safely evacuated by the state government and to ensure maintenance of all essential services. . . The cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is likely to make landfall near Jakhau port in Gujarat’s Kutch district on Thursday afternoon as a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ with maximum wind speed reaching up to 150 kilometers per hour, the IMD said on Monday. Fishing activities along Gujarat’s south and north coasts have been suspended. Officials said authorities in the coastal districts of Kutch, Porbandar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Morbi have begun evacuating people residing near the sea and have suspended fishing activities. Warning signals have been hoisted at the ports. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates.. (ANI)
