In view of the impending Cyclone Biparjoy, Indian Railways has activated the Disaster Management Cell and also opened emergency control rooms in several districts of Gujarat to ensure smooth train operations. Director of Information and Publication Railway Board, Shivaji Sutar said on Monday that adequate manpower and machinery have been deployed with adequate preparedness to deal with any emergency. Speaking to ANI, Shivaji Sutar said, “Disaster management room has been activated and field staff have been put on alert mode. Emergency control rooms have been opened in Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Ahmedabad and Gandhidham. Additional helpline numbers have also been activated.
“We have deployed enough manpower and machinery. Our teams have also been alerted. We have enough locomotives ready in case of any power failure, and if the train gets stuck, we can rescue people,” he added. Also ready for.”
Earlier, Relief Commissioner Alok Kumar Pandey informed that both the central and state governments are on alert mode in view of the cyclone.
“The state government and the central government are on alert for Cyclone Biparjoy. We have 12 NDRF teams and they have been deployed in Kutch, Porbandar, Junagadh, Jamnagar, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Morbi and Rajkot districts. Three teams from the Center The request was made and they have arrived, they will be kept in reserve in Rajkot, Gandhidham and Kutch,” Relief Commissioner told ANI.
Earlier in the day, PM Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness of ministries/agencies of the Center as well as Gujarat to deal with the situation.
According to an official statement, the prime minister directed senior officials to take all possible measures to ensure that the state government safely evacuates people living in vulnerable places and provides all essential services like power, telecom, health, drinking water, etc. Ensure maintenance of services. In the event of damage to them, they are immediately restored.
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During the meeting, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to cross Saurashtra and Kutch between Mandvi (Gujarat) and Karachi (Pakistan) near Jakhau Port (Gujarat) by the afternoon of June 15. Maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 145 kmph.
Later in the day, the India Meteorological Department said that the impending cyclone Biparjoy will cross Gujarat’s Jakhau port as a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ on June 15.
“ESCS (Extreme Severe Cyclonic Storm) #Biparjoy weakened into VSCS (Very Severe Cyclonic Storm) at 23.30 IST, about 310km SW of Porbandar, 320km SW of Devbhoomi Dwarka, 380km SSW of Jakhau Port. Near Jakhau Port (Gujarat) to cross the pass) as VSCS by the evening of June 15,” the IMD said in a tweet.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs also issued an advisory in view of the extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘BIPARJOY’ and advised complete suspension of fishing operations in east-central and adjoining west-central Arabian Sea and Northeast Arabian Sea till June 15. Gave.
In an advisory on Monday, the ministry asked the governments of Kerala, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra to closely monitor the situation and take appropriate precautionary measures in view of the severe cyclonic storm. It called for prudent regulation of offshore and onshore activities.
Advisories have also been sent to the chief secretaries of Lakshadweep and Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, adding that district authorities should be asked to monitor the situation in their areas.
Notably, a total of 67 trains have been canceled in the wake of Cyclone Biparjoy, which is set to make landfall in Gujarat on Thursday, CPRO Western Railway said on Monday.