Maharashtra and Gujarat gotten ready for Cyclone Nisarga, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening near Alibaug, south of Mumbai.
With the India Meteorological Department declaring a red alert in Mumbai for the very first cyclone that has actually formed near the city on the Arabian Sea in a long period of time, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in a televised address, encouraged individuals to stay indoors.
Raigad district authorities began evacuating locals from coastal locations. Groups of National Catastrophe Reaction Force (NDRF) and India Coast Guard have also been deployed. Alibaug, Uran, Murud and Shrivardhan– all shore-based talukas– are on high alert, while Pen, Panvel Mhasala and Tala, which are creek-based, are on alert.
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Here are the latest updates:
9.30 am
Trains rescheduled, diverted due to cyclone Nisarga
5 unique trains departing from Mumbai have actually been rescheduled and three special trains will be either diverted or managed enroute, the Central Railway (CR) said in a release.
- LTT-Gorakhpur Special will depart at 8 p.m. instead of 11.10 a.m.
- LTT-Thiruvananthapuram Special at 6 p.m. rather of 11.40 a.m.
- LTT-Darbhanga Unique at 8.30 p.m. rather of 12.15 pm
- LTT-Varanasi Unique will leave at 9 p.m. rather of 12.40 p.m.
- CSMT-Bhubaneswar Special will depart from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) at 8 p.m. instead of 3.05 p.m.
Patna-LTT Unique scheduled to arrive at 11.30 a.m., and Varanasi-CSMT Unique set up to come to 2.15 pm on Wednesday will be managed enroute and get here behind schedule, the CR stated.
Thiruvananthapuram-LTT Unique arranged to arrive 4.40 pm will be diverted by means of Pune to arrive at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) here behind schedule, it included.
According to the Konkan Railway, it has actually diverted the Ernakulam H.Nizamuddin Unique and Thiruvananthapuram Central-LTT Special trains, which departed on June 2, via Madgaon Junction-Londa-Miraj Pune Manmad path.
The Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram Central Unique, dated June 2, has al