Cyclone Biparjoy Live Updates: Power to be restored in affected areas by June 20, says Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited Gujarat and conducted aerial survey of areas affected due to cyclone Biparjoy. He was accompanied by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel. Shah will also visit Kutch and Jakhau Port. He will also hold a meeting with CM and officials. Massive swathes of land in Kutch, as well as Saurashtra, were flooded with rain waters that gushed into houses, sending people’s belongings floating with scant chances of recovery. In Kutch alone, nearly 80,000 electricity poles collapsed while nearly 33,000 hectares of farmland have been affected. Cyclone Biparjoy has weakened into a 'deep depression' and is further expected to weaken into a 'depression' in the next 12 hours. Stay with TOI for all updates:

06:58 (IST) Jun 16

Cyclone Biparjoy Live Updates: Strong winds breaks electric wires and poles in Morbi

Strong winds broke electric wires and poles, causing a power outage in 45 villages of Maliya tehsil. We are restoring power in 9 villages & power has been restored in the remaining villages: JC. Goswami, Executive Engineer, PGVCL, Morbi

06:54 (IST) Jun 16

Cyclone Biparjoy Live: Over 527 trees uprooted and 3,672 electricity poles collapsed

06:53 (IST) Jun 16

Cyclone Biparjoy Live Updates: Trial of destruction

Winds howling at nearly 110 kmph yanked thousands of trees, some centuries-old, left communication towers collapsed, toppled electricity and transmission poles, flattened kutchha houses, dangerously flung solid objects, and raised dusty squalls that virtually resulted in zero visibility.

06:52 (IST) Jun 16

At 0230 of Today, 16th June the SCS BIPARJOY lay centered over Saurashtra-Kutch region, 30 km north of Naliya. it would further move NE-wards and weaken into a CS by early morning of 16th and into a depression by the same evening over south Rajasthan.

India Meteorological Department

06:51 (IST) Jun 16

Cyclone in Gujarat Live: The intensity of Cyclone Biparjoy has reduced from the 'very severe' to 'severe' category on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday after the storm made landfall in coastal areas of Gujarat.

06:51 (IST) Jun 16

Cyclone Biparjoy Live Updates: Heavy rains expected in Rajasthan

IMD officials said that the 'severe' cyclonic storm Biparjoy lay centred over the Saurashtra-Kutch region and is expected to move northeastwards, adding that heavy rains are expected in Rajasthan on Friday.

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06:51 (IST) Jun 16

Cyclone in Gujarat Live: Cyclone Biparjoy to weaken further today

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that Cyclone 'Biparjoy' is expected to weaken further by Friday morning and move into a 'depression' in the subsequent evening.

06:50 (IST) Jun 16

Gujarat Cyclone Live: The wall cloud of Biparjoy launched into the coast at around 6:30pm on Thursday while its eye, which has an intensity of 115-125 kmph, tore through the coast near Jakhau Port a little past midnight.

06:49 (IST) Jun 16

Cyclone Biparjoy Live: After swirling in the Arabian Sea for 10 long days, Cyclone Biparjoy barrelled into Gujarat on Thursday night, leaving lakhs of people in the Saurashtra and Kutch region staring at a horrifying aftermath.

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