1241 People carry an elderly man who was injured as strong winds and waves hit the shoreline ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Vayu in Veraval, Gujarat, on June 13, 2019. PTI
Vibha Sharma
New Delhi, March 15
While the number of cyclones forming on the Bay of Bengal side of the Indian subcontinent is decreasing, those on the Arabian Sea are showing an increasing trend and likewise the number of those making a landfall, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
Harsh Vardhan recently told Lok Sanja that the increase in frequency over the Arabian Sea has not posed a corresponding increase in the coastal vulnerability along the west coast.