INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ahmedabad: Cyclone Tauktae damaged into a depression and lay centred over south Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat area on Wednesday early
morning, the India Meteorological Department said.After causing extensive rain in Gujarat, the cyclone is expected to bring showers in
numerous other states also, consisting of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, due to its interaction with the
western disturbance, the IMD stated
The cyclonic depression was located around 60 km west-southwest of Udaipur in Rajasthan, and 110 km of Deesa in Gujarat, the IMD stated in
its early morning publication
The residue of the system is most likely to move further north eastwards across Rajasthan to west Uttar Pradesh during the next two days,
it said.The depression will bring light to moderate rainfall at many places in east Rajasthan, with really heavy rainfall at isolated places
on Wednesday, the IMD said.Due to its interaction with the western disruption it is also likely to trigger rainfall in Uttarakhand, with
heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at separated places over Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh and west
Rajasthan during the next 24 hours, it said
Squally winds with speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph are likely to dominate east Rajasthan and adjacent Gujarat area during the
next 12 hours, it even more said.The landfall procedure of the 'eye' of the extremely serious cyclonic storm Tauktae, which struck the
Gujarat coast in Saurashtra area between Diu and Una, ended around 1.30 am on Tuesday.As the cyclone travelled through Gujarat, it left a
path of damage with a minimum of 13 individuals losing their lives, countless trees rooted out, houses ruined, and electric poles enormously
The cyclone also triggered rains in more than 200 talukas of Gujarat.Various areas in the districts of Kheda, Anand in main Gujarat, Surat,
Navsari in south Gujarat, and Gir Somnath, Bhavnagar and Sabarkantha received over 100 mm rains in 24 hours till 6 am on Wednesday, the
State Emergency situation Operation Centre said.Nadiad in Kheda received the greatest 226 mm rainfall during the duration, followed by Gir
Gadhada and Una in Gir Somnath district, which got 185 mm and 177 mm rainstorm, respectively, it said.As a preventive measure, the state
government had moved over 2 lakh people to security
In his media interaction on Tuesday evening, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said the next couple of days will be committed to restoring the
damages caused by the cyclone.Amreli, Gir Somnath, Junagadh, Porbandar, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Botad in Saurashtra region stayed amongst the
worst affected districts due to the cyclone.As per the information provided by the CM on Tuesday night, 5,951 towns suffered power
blackout.Around 70,000 electrical poles fell and four 220-KV sub-stations were yet to reboot out of 5 that suffered damage due to the
Rupani said 68 out of 165 66-KV sub-stations were likewise damaged and later on made functional.Out of 425 COVID-19 healthcare facilities
situated in the impacted areas, 122 dealt with power interruption
The electricity supply was restored in 83 of them, while 39 others were dealing with backup arrangements, he stated.
