NEW DELHI, June 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Cyclone Nisarga made landfall at Alibaug area, on India’s western coast, near financial capital Mumbai, at around 13:15 p.m. (local time) on Wednesday, even as winds up to 120-140 kilometres per hour (kmp) were reported from the area, confirmed an official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD official said, the cyclone is likely to adversely affect areas in the southwestern state of Maharashtra and western state of Gujarat, as it gradually moves towards the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
People living in low lying areas have been rehabilitated to safer places, and power supplies in many areas likely to be affected by the cyclone.
Elaborate arrangements have been made in affected areas, even as several teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed, to carry out relief and rescue work. Indian Army and Indian Navy personnel have been kept on standby, said official sources.
“With the cyclonic storm Nisarga brewing in the Arabian Sea, all teams have been put on alert and are in readiness to respond to any requirement of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, during the storm period,” said the Indian Navy in an official statement.
This is the second successive cyclone to hit India in two weeks. Earlier, super cyclone “Amphan” hit the eastern coastal areas on May 20, affecting several districts in the states of Odisha and West Bengal.
According to media reports, cyclone Nisarga is less devastating as compared to Amphan.– NNN-XINHUA
