1. At current, cyclone Biparjoy is about 200 km off the coast of Gujarat. It will cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi and Karachi close to Jakhau Port between 4-8 PM, in response to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

2. Classified as a “very severe cyclonic storm” of class 3, Biparjoy is more likely to carry a most wind velocity of of 120-130 kmph, it mentioned.

3. The IMD mentioned the depth of rain will enhance as cyclone Biparjoy approaches the Gujarat coast, with some areas in Porbandar, Rajkot, Morbi, Junagadh and the remaining districts of Saurashtra and North Gujarat area more likely to obtain heavy to extraordinarily heavy rain.

4. Eighteen groups of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), 12 of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), 115 groups of state highway and constructing division, and 397 of the state electrical energy division have been deployed in numerous coastal districts.

5. The Western Railway mentioned 76 trains have been cancelled as a precautionary measure to make sure security of passengers and practice operations.

6. Two most well-known temples of Gujarat — Dwarkadhish Temple in Devbhumi Dwarka and Somnath Temple in Gir Somnath district — will stay closed on Thursday for devotees, mentioned one other launch.

7. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a gathering of senior financial institution officers and insurance coverage corporations informed them to make sure their workers get ample care, meals and drugs, and claims originating from lack of life, fisheries, livestock, crops, boats and property needs to be settled expeditiously.

8. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted he spoke to all three service chiefs and reviewed the preparedness of the armed forces for the landfall of cyclone Biparjoy. “The armed forces are ready to provide every possible assistance to civil authorities in tackling any situation or contingency due to the cyclone,” Mr Singh tweeted.

9. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was briefed in regards to the evacuation measures throughout 164 coastal villages, his workplace mentioned in an announcement. Mr Patel spoke to village heads and promised all assist.

10. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya additionally individually reviewed the preparedness measures in Kutch. He went to Bhuj Air Force station to see the work finished by the Garuda Emergency Response Team of the Indian Air Force.

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