Guj braces for cyclone Nisarga; thousands evacuated from coast

June 03, 2020 10:31

Nearly 43,000 people living near the coastline in Gujarat's Valsad and Navsari districts have so far been shifted to safer places as the state prepares to face the approaching cyclonic storm 'Nisarga', officials

said on Wednesday.

As many as 13 teams of the National Disaster Response Force and six teams of the State Disaster Response

Force have been deployed at different locations, the state government said in a release.

Five more teams of NDRF have also been called in, the government said.

Valsad Collector R R Raval said, "We have shifted nearly 32,000 people living close to the seashore to temporary

shelters. The weather is cloudy at present, but winds have not started yet."

Besides, some 11,000 people have been evacuated from different villages of Navsari district ahead of the cyclone,

another official said.

-- PTI

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