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This evening, between
Mandvi in Kutch and Karachi in Pakistan, Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make
landfall. Both India and Pakistan will feel the effects of this cyclone. Both
nations have plans in place to mitigate the impact of Biparjoy on their
territories. On the one hand, Prime Minister Modi is personally monitoring
Biparjoy in India; while on the other hand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is
leading meetings. Also read: ISRO: Have a look at Earth from space…On the other hand, Pakistan is still not taking Biparjoy
seriously; Pakistan’s indifference toward this storm is regarded as
irresponsible.
Both India and Pakistan
have been devastated by Cyclone Biparjoy. If this cyclone makes landfall
between Mandvi and Karachi, it is difficult to predict how much damage it will
create. So let’s examine the preparations.
The government of India
is actively implementing pre-cyclone preparations, during-cyclone safety
measures, and post-cyclone recovery efforts.
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After extensive questioning in connection with a
money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate took into custody Tamil Nadu
minister V Senthil Balaji. Balaji was transport minister in the AIADMK-led
government from 2011 to 2015, before he switched to the DMK, and on Tuesday, ED
agents searched his home and questioned him in connection with a case
concerning claims from that time. The decision came months after the Supreme
Court approved a police and ED investigate into a cash-for-jobs fraud he
claimed to have committed.Read also this:Â Cyclone Biparjoy Live Updates: Western Railway cancelled several trains between Gujarat and Mumbai
In the midst of rumours regarding Balaji’s custody,
the minister was committed to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a government
hospital in Chennai after complaining of chest pain. State minister PK Sekar
Babu claimed there were signs Balaji had been ‘tortured’ as the high drama
unfolded outside the hospital as the DMK leader moaned in su
Beginning on June 13,
the state administration will begin evacuating residents from vulnerable
regions up to 5 kilometers inland. On June 14, residents of huts and kuchcha
houses up to 10 kilometers inland will be relocated.
1.   Control room configuration by Railways
PTI stated that in
order to keep trains running in many areas of Gujarat, the Indian Railways activated
a disaster management room and opened emergency control centres.
“State and federal
governments are on high alert. Twelve NDRF teams have been deployed in the
districts of Kutch, Porbandar, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Morbi,
and Rajkot, according to Alok Kumar Pandey, the relief commissioner.
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2.   Cyclone-induced Mass Evacuation
On June 13, Cyclone Biparjoy
diminished from an extremely severe cyclone to a severe cyclone. Nonetheless,
it remained on trajectory for Gujarat’s Saurashtra-Kutch coast.
The government of
Gujarat has decided to begin evacuating its citizen
Depending
on how fast the wind is blowing along the coast, the port has a different
number of signs. There are especially signs from 1 to 12 that tell the driver
of a boat, steamer, or ship on the water how rough the sea will be. As the
number in the signal goes up, the storm is thought to be getting stronger.
Signal No. 1: Signal No. 1 is used when the
speed of the wind is between 1 and 5 km/h.
Signal No. 2: This signal is raised over the
port when the wind speed is between 6 and 12 km per hour.
Signal No. 3: The wind speed is between 13 and
20 km per hour.
Signal No. 4: This signal is used when the
wind is blowing along the coast at a speed of 21 to 29 km per hour.Read also this:Â Cyclone Biparjoy Live Updates: Devbhumi Dwarka, Jamnagar, and Kutch’s ports have seen 25-foot waves
Signal No. 5: The port raises Signal No. 5
when the wind speed is between 30 and 39 km.
Signal No. 6: Alarm No. 6 is shown on the
port when the sea wind is blowing at 40 to 49 km/h
On Sunday, the previously severe cyclonic storm known as
Biparjoy evolved into an extremely severe cyclonic storm while it was located
over the east-central Arabian Sea. As a direct result of this, the IMD has
issued a yellow advisory for Mumbai and Thane for the day of Monday, which
indicates strong winds in a few specific locations. There were reports of roofs
blown off of some homes in slum colonies as a result of the severe winds that
blew across portions of the city throughout the course of the weekend.
Officials from the IMD noted that this was to be expected owing to the impact of
the storm.Read Also this:Â Climate Change Poses a Threat to India’s Economy
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10:50 am:Â The
Saurashtra and Kutch coasts have been placed on orange alert by the Indian
Meteorological Department (IMD) because of the extremely strong cyclonic storm
“Biparjoy” in the east-central and neighbouring northeast Arabian
Sea. IMD10:55 am:Â Â High tide hits the coastal area of Kutch in Gujarat
Cyclone Mandous, a severe cyclonic storm, made landfall late Friday night, crossing the coast in Tamil Nadu with a wind speed of 75 km an hour. The cyclone has now weakened into a deep depression.Around 12 district in Tamil Nadu are being affected y the up coming Cyclone, apart from that parts of Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh have been affected by the cyclone.Also read :  After trying Luck in Gujarat : AAP now ready to contest election from 100 Local constituencies in Ghaziabad.Talking about the cyclone, it started around at 11:30 pm on Friday crossed the coast near Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu around 1.30 am, uprooting hundreds of trees in Chengalpattu and neighboring Chennai. Chennai received around 115 mm of rain due to cyclone “Around 200 trees have fallen and we have been clearing them since night,” said Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation. “A major damage has been averted as we had secured many hoardings early,” he added. The city
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