INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reached Bhavnagar in Gujarat to evaluate the situation in the state in the consequences
of cyclone Tauktae.Modi landed at Bhavnagar from Delhi and continued for an aerial study of Una, Diu, Jafarabad and Mahuva, an authorities
After the study, the PM is set up to hold a review conference at Ahmedabad.Thirteen people were eliminated in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae
pummelled parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast, uprooting electrical poles, trees and harmful thousands
of homes and roads.In what was one of the worst cyclones faced by the state, Tauktae set off heavy rains in numerous parts along its way
from the Saurashtra coast to North Gujarat with 46 talukas getting over 100 mm of rainstorm, while 12 of them taped 150 mm to 175 mm of
Tauktae, characterised as an exceptionally extreme cyclonic storm on Monday, has actually now weakened into a depression and lay centred
over south Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat region on Wednesday early morning, the India Meteorological Department said.Over 16,000 houses
were harmed, more than 40,000 trees and over 70,000 electric poles uprooted, while 5,951 towns faced total power blackout due to the
cyclonic storm in Gujarat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani stated.
