Cyclone Biparjoy: Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Likely To Make Landfall in Gujarat on June 15, IMD Issues Heavy Rainfall Warning for Saurashtra-Kutch Regions; 67 Trains Cancelled latestly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latestly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In response to the IMD alert, Western Railways has decided to cancel at least 67 trains passing through the cyclone-prone areas as a precautionary measure. Some
Some of the cancelled trains include the Okha-Rajkot Unreserved Special, Veraval-Okha Express, Rajkot-Okha Unreserved Special, Bhavnagar Terminus-Okha Express, Ahmedabad-Veraval Express, Porbandar-Veraval Express, among others.
Gujarat, the government has so far evacuated nearly 37,800 people living near the sea in eight coastal districts of the state.
The state government aims to evacuate people residing within 10 km of the shore.
Over 400 shelter homes were identified in Dwarka alone, and people are being shifted out to the shelter homes.