Cyclone Nisarga: Maha Min Aaditya Thackeray says, 'All wards have begun pre-cyclone preps'

Maharashtra's Minister of Tourism and Environment Aaditya Thackeray has urged citizens to follow instructions of local authorities in view of impending Cyclone Nisarga. Thackeray informed on Tuesday that more 'Dos and Donts' shall be officially released soon. Taking to Twitter, Thackeray also stated that he had a detailed review of preparations to handle cyclone with Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai and all AMCs, DMCs and ACs for all wards. 

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Maha CM shares preparedness plan

Earlier in day, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray shared preparedness plan for cyclone. According to plan, a total of 16 NDRF units have been deployed-- out which 10 have been deployed for rescue operation, while rest are in reserve. According to CM, teams are prepared to tackle likely dam that could be caused by landslides, heavy rainfall, and so on. 

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slum dwellers in Mumbai Metropolitan Area have been instructed to evacuate, while state government is also moving all people living in kuccha houses. Furr, state authorities have issued an alert to Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts. Fishermen have also been called back from sea and coast guards have also been tified to t allow any activities. Meanwhile, state government is also making n-COVID hospitals available. 

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Cyclone 'Nisarga' 

Tropical storm 'Nisarga', which is headed towards West coast at Maharashtra and Gujarat, is likely to intensify into a cyclone in next 12 hours and is expected to make landfall close to Mumbai on Wednesday. IMD chief M Mohapatra told Republic TV  that currently re is a deep depression and it will intensify and become a "severe cyclone storm" by Wednesday with a wind speed of 110-120 km/h when it will be crossing coast of Maharashtra. 

According to him, cyclone's impact will be maximum over Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad districts and might impact adjoining districts like Palghar, Ratnagiri, and a few districts of Gujarat. He also said that y are expecting tidal waves of about one to two meters high above astromical tides.

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