The Gujarat government has announced a relief package of Rs 105 crore for fishermen affected by cyclone Tauktae which caused severe damage in the state's coastal belt last month, officials said on Wednesday.
Eight unidentified bodies were found at three different locations along the coast in Maharashtra's Raigad district and the police suspect they could be of some of the victims of barge P305 that sank off the Mumbai coast in cyclone Tauktae, a police
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NDRF teams are being sent to Odisha, West Bengal in view of alert regarding Cyclone Yaas.
After Cyclone Tauktae ravaged the west coast of the country earlier this week, the east coast is now facing the threat of Cyclone Yaas . The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has begun positioning its teams in West Bengal and Odisha following the weather department s alert that the cyclone may hit these states on the eastern coast of the country around May 26-27,Â
NDRF teams which are currently involved in rescue and restoration work in regions affected by Cyclone Tauktae are being called back to be relocated.Â
A day after Cyclone Tauktae churned by the city, heaps of garbage had to be removed from the beaches.
MUMBAI: A day after Cyclone Tauktae churned by the city, heaps of garbage had to be removed from the beaches. Civic solid waste management labourers removed trash weighing 62,010 kg from the city’s seven beaches (see box), almost 87% more than that collected barely two days ago on May 15 (33,110 kg).
Interestingly, some beaches like Dadar had much more garbage than usual, while some like Juhu had much less. Citizen activists said more than the location of the beach, the direction of the tide mattered as it brought in the garbage.