Cyclone Nisarga: Section 144 in Mumbai, citizens barred from visiting beaches & parks

Mumbai Police on Wednesday imposed Section 144 in city from midnight to Thursday afteron, in wake of impending Cyclone Nisarga.  police also banned citizens from visiting places like beaches, parks and promenes along coastline.

According to  latest India Meteorological Department (IMD) updates, Cyclone Nisarga has become a severe cyclonic storm and is within 100km from Mumbai. cyclone is moving rasterly towards Alibag in Raig. severe cyclonic storm is likely to cross south of Alibag between 1 pm to 3 pm. city is expected to affect by storm between 11 am to 7 pm.

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Trains rescheduled

As a precautionary measure ahe of cyclonic storm, Central Railways has rescheduled several special trains that were supposed to arrive or depart from state capital on Wednesday. timings of trains for Gorakhpur, Darbhanga, Varanasi and for some or places which were earlier scheduled to leave from Mumbai in morning have w been changed,  Central Railways informed. Similarly, some of special trains scheduled to arrive at Mumbai area on Wednesday have also been regulated/diverted by railway authorities.

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Few flights to be operated from Mumbai's CSMIA on June 3

In wake of Cyclone NisargaOnly 19 flights, including 11 departures and eight arrivals, will be operated from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Wednesday. According to reports, aforementioned flights will be operated by five airlines, including Air Asia India, Air India, IndiGo, GoAir, and SpiceJet. However, passengers have been cautioned about probable changes in schedule of flights due to cyclone.

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