Return to normalcy in Kutch after Biparjoy; Most of the roads were cleared

Bhuj: Shops and business establishments in Gujarat’s Kutch district closed on Saturday in a sign of return to normalcy as authorities stepped up efforts to restore power in several towns and hundreds of villages affected by Cyclone Biparjoy. The weather system, which hit land near Jakhau port as a very severe cyclonic storm on Thursday evening, intensified into a deep depression and further lost steam to become a depression, the India Meteorological Department said in its latest update. Will give

However, heavy to very heavy rain is likely to continue over many northern districts of the state. Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting the cyclone-affected areas of Jakhau and Mandvi and is reviewing in Bhuj with those managing the relief and rescue operations. Officials said that it is not raining in Kutch and the wind speed has also reduced significantly after the cyclone passed through the area.

He said the administration has removed uprooted trees from most of the roads, but it is working to restore power in towns like Bhuj and Mandvi and in several villages. The state government said in a release on Friday that 1,127 teams were working in Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Morbi, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Rajkot and Porbandar districts to restore power. From the streets

Shops and business establishments opened in Kutch district on Saturday morning as life returned to normal. Biparjoy’s anticipated landfall had prompted the government to relocate over 1 lakh people living in vulnerable areas of the state.

“Deep Depression (Remnant of Cyclone BIPARJOY) at 0830 hours IST today, 17th June over adjoining Southwest Rajasthan and Gujarat over Southeast Pakistan about 80 km south of Barmer and 210 km southwest of Jodhpur. During next 06 hours a To weaken into depression, IMD tweeted.

Apart from the worst-affected district of Kutch due to Biparjoy, parts of Devbhoomi Dwarka, Banaskantha and Patan received very heavy rains on Friday.

Heavy rains continued in many parts of Banaskantha and Patan on Saturday morning. According to Gandhinagar-based State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC), Santalpur taluka of Patan, and Vav and Danta in Banaskantha and Poshina in Sabarkantha district received 40-50 mm of rain in four hours from 6 am on Saturday.

The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Banaskantha district as well as Patan, Mehsana and Kutch till Sunday morning. It has also warned of heavy rainfall at isolated places in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, Surendranagar and Morbi districts during this period.

While parts of Gujarat will continue to receive rain till Wednesday morning, the IMD has said that there is no warning of heavy rain in the state from Sunday morning.

Relief Commissioner Alok Kumar Pandey earlier said that not a single person died due to any cyclone-related incident in the state, calling it the “biggest achievement” of the government. The government said in a release that 1,09,000 people were shifted from coastal areas to temporary shelters, including 10,918 children, 5,070 senior citizens and 1,152 pregnant women.