Home Minister Amit Shah reviews preparedness for cyclone Vayu

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the preparedness of state and Central ministries and agencies to deal with the situation arising out of cyclone Vayu which is likely to hit Gujarat on ThursdayAfter reviewing the situation at a high level meeting Shah directed senior officers to take every possible measure to ensure that people are safely evacuated and to ensure maintenance of all essential services such as power telecommunications health drinking water among others and that these are restored immediately in the event of damages caused to themUnion Home Minister AmitShah on June 11 reviewed the preparedness of state and Central ministries and agencies to deal with the situation arising out of cyclone Vayu which is likely to hit Gujarat on June 13CycloneVayu Photo IANS pictwittercomAaMzGQ4Bywmdash IANS Tweets ians_india June 11 2019He also directed 247 functioning of control rooms according to an official releaseNDRF has prepositioned 26 teams which are equipped with boats treecutters telecom equipment and is moving another 10 teams as requested by the Gujarat government Indian Coast Guard the Navy Army and Air Force units have also been put on standby and surveillance aircraft and helicopters are carrying out aerial surveillance the release saidThe meeting comes in the wake of the Indian Meteorological Departments IMD prediction that cyclone Vayu is likely to hit the Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Mahuva around Veraval and Diu region as a severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 110120 kmh that may touch 135 kmh during the early morning of June 13The cyclone is likely to cause heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of Gujarat and storm surge of height of about 115 metres above the astronomical tides likely to inundate the lowlying coastal areas of Kutch Devbhoomi Dwarka Porbandar Junagarh Diu Gir Somnath Amreli and Bhavnagar districts at the time of landfallThe meeting was attended by the Home Secretary Secretary in Ministry of Earth Sciences and senior officers of IMD and Ministry of Home AffairsThe Cabinet Secretary has also convened a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee on Tuesday evening to review the preparedness of the state and Central agenciesThe meeting will be attended by the Chief Secretary of Gujarat and Advisor to the Administrator of Diu among othersThe Home Ministry said it is in continuous touch with the Gujarat government the Diu administration and the central agencies concernedTop stories of the dayMumbai receives cyclonic rain before monsoon hits around June 15Mumbai Esplanade holds key to heritage tag for whole precinctMumbai Crime Auto driver threatens to sever traffic cops head arrested in KharMumbai NEET toppers face in ads of 3 different classes raises hacklesMumbai Two die after auto crushed between dumper private bus on EEHMumbai Chaos alert as BMC shuts old bridges in Juhu and OshiwaraPoliticians to plant 9000 trees for the 3000 hacked over Metro 4 workDr Ram Puniyani To label me antiHindu is a carefully constructed prismMumbai doctors suicide Court proceedings in Dr Payal Tadvis case to be recorded on videoMumbai Crime IIT scholar who stalked woman for 5 years held in BiharBMC chief Praveen Pardeshi New zoo will help preserve Aarey betterSewri police arrest smart thieves discover plan to rob jewellery shopsMumbai Two kids and five dogs electrocuted in first showersNmami Agarwal Celebrity nutritionist who has trained Manushi ChhillarMumbai Rains City welcomes first heavy showers of monsoonMasaba Gupta looks gorgeous in allwhite ensembleWoman on flight opens emergency exit door mistaking it for toiletTanuja on the road to recovery Kajol shares a picture with motherMan stabbed to death by his friend over ludo gameWorld Cup 2019 Anushka Sharma cant stop praising husband Virat Kohlis onfield gestureYuvraj Singh receives a standing ovation from rumoured exgirlfriend Kim Sharma on his retirementYuvraj Singh Cricket taught me to fight fall dust myself and get upWorld Cup 2019 ICC needs to take a serious look at the LED bailsAn era ends with Girish Karnad last rites take place in BengaluruDino Morea and Shibani Dandekar spotted at an eatery in BandraCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates