Cyclone Nisarga: BMC shifts animals at Mumbai zoo to holding centres

animals at Mumbai’s Byculla Zoo including tiger, leopard, hyena, various reptiles, and ors were moved into ir holding areas in wake of Cyclone Nisarga.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) believes that se holding areas in Veer Mata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, commonly kwn as Byculla Zoo will protect animals and reptiles from any dam caused by tree falls.

"We have me arrangements for as many as 300 animals including reptiles. We will keep m in holding centres till situation gets rmal in city," said a senior official at Zoo.

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Furrmore, BMC has deployed a 20-member emergency response team has been which includes animal keepers, security staff in holding areas to look after species.

ministration has also provided tree trimming machines and or equipment to team to tackle any untoward incidents caused by cyclone. In dition, CCTV cameras have also been installed to monitor cyclone-prone areas inside zoo. 

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Cyclone Nisarga Moving Along Predicted Path

Cyclone Nisarga is moving along predicted path and is expected to make landfall between 2 pm and 4:30 pm on Wednesday around Alibaug in Maharashtra, NDRF chief SN Prhan said. Director-General (DG) of federal contingency force said a total of 43 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are deployed in two states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

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" cyclone is expected to make landfall between 2 pm and 4:30 pm somewhere a little south of Alibaug in Raig district," he said."It is moving along predicted path as stated by IMD and in sourn parts of Maharashtra signs of cyclone building up are evident," Prhan said in a video mess update on cyclone.

In Ratnagiri, winds and rains have picked up, DG said. evacuation work is nearly complete, he said, ding, precautionary measures are being taken and people in cyclone shelters are being taught life skills with social distancing. 

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