- The Indian Coast Guard Region North West has commenced outreach activities to advise fishing community, seafarers and stakeholders of Gujarat, Daman and Diu
- In Gujarat, the 13 coastal districts of South Gujarat, Saurashtra peninsula and Kutch have been put on alert.
- Authorities have told fishing communities to halt operations for the next five days in the eastern and central Arabian sea
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 10
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and other coastal regions are on alert after meteorologists warned that a cyclonic storm over the Arabian sea would intensify over the next 24 hours.
In view of the very severe Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy, that has formed in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Coast Guard Region North West has commenced outreach activities to advise fishing community, seafarers and stakeholders of Gujarat, Daman and Diu to take requisite precautions and safety measures. The Indian Coast Guard units are communicating regular advisories to vessels at sea through Ships, aircraft & RADAR stations.
VSCS BIPARJOY at 1430IST near latitude 16.9N and longitude 67.4E, about 700 km WNW of Goa, 620 km WSW of Mumbai, 580 km SSW of Porbandar and 890 km S of Karachi. To intensify further and move NNE-wards gradually during next 24 hours. @WMO @moesgoi @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts pic.twitter.com/H1zWDFhhU6
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 10, 2023
Over the past week all shore establishments of Indian Coast Guard have been conducting community interactions with fisher-folk for taking adequate precautions in view of the cyclone and reiterate that no fishing activity is to be undertaken.
Authorities have told fishing communities to halt operations for the next five days in the eastern and central Arabian sea, and along the Saurastra and Kutch region, ahead of Cyclone Biparjoy.
Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, AVSM, VM, Commander-ln-Chief #Andaman & #Nicobar visited Coast Guard Headquarters, #NewDelhi and interacted with ADG Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM, DGICG (Addl Charge) on strengthening Coastal Surveillance Network.#CSN #Sea
@indiancoastguard@AN_Command pic.twitter.com/RykFLNxSuV— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) June 9, 2023
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which categorised Biparjoy as a “very severe storm”, said at 08:30 a.m. IST (0300 GMT) on Saturday the weather system was centered about 620 kilometres (385.25 miles) west-southwest off the financial capital Mumbai.
“It is very likely to intensify further and move north-northeast wards gradually during next 24 hours,” the IMD said in a statement on Saturday.
It warned of heavy rainfall at isolated places in the state of Kerala and coastal Karnataka region in next three days.
The IMD had expected monsoon rains to arrive over the southernmost state of Kerala on June 4, but the formation of Biparjoy has delayed that.
In Gujarat, the 13 coastal districts of South Gujarat, Saurashtra peninsula and Kutch have been put on alert.
“We are fully prepared to deal with any situation,” Kamal Dayani, additional chief secretary in the state revenue department, said.
Teams from the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force have been deployed in the districts likely to be affected by the storm.
Unstable structures, such as hoardings, have been removed and the electricity department is on standby for power supply disruptions.