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"The Deep Depression (Remnant of Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy) lay centered at 0530 hours IST of today, the 17th June, 2023 over Southwest Rajasthan adjoining Gujarat and Southeast Pakistan about 130 km northeast of Dholavira, 120 km west northwest of Deesa and 110 km south southwest of Barmer," the IMD said in a statement.
The storm caused extensive financial loss to the state power company with 5,120 electricity poles getting damaged. The Gujarat government is now facing the immediate challenge of restoring electricity in villages and clearing roads of fallen trees.
Over 4,600 villages were left without electricity in the aftermath of Cyclone Biparjoy which uprooted thousands of electricity poles.
High-speed winds uprooted trees and caused road blockages and property damage in several areas of Gujarat on Thursday. The winds, which gusted up to 140 kilometers per hour, also caused power outages in some areas.
The IMD has warned that north Gujarat should brace for heavy rainfall, even though the cyclone weakened after making landfall.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that there was no loss of life in the state due to the cyclone.
Over 1,100 teams are working to restore electricity in Kutch, Devbhumi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Morbi, Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Rajkot, and Porbandar. The forest department has also removed 581 fallen trees from the roads.
Six NDRF teams evacuated 127 people from Rupen Bandar Government Primary School and moved them to NDH School Dwarka on Thursday. The evacuated people included 82 men, 27 women, and 15 children.
The Western Railways decided to cancel a few more trains and partially cancel the operation of some other trains as a precautionary measure in the cyclone-prone areas.
Chief Minister Patel chaired a meeting at the State Emergency Operations Center in Gandhinagar on Friday to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Biparjoy. The Chief Minister ordered the District Collectors of affected areas to conduct surveys to assess the damage in their districts.
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