Cyclone Biparjoy; No casualties however heavy harm to energy infra
3 min readExpress News Service
AHMEDABAD: Cyclone Biparjoy that struck Gujarat on Thursday evening unleashed a path of destruction in coastal districts because it uprooted hundreds of timber and electrical poles, broken homes and roads, and prompted flooding in a number of coastal villages.
Nearly 4,600 villages have been left with out energy because the cyclone broken scores of transformers and toppled as many as 5,120 electrical poles. Personnel from the electrical energy division on Friday managed to revive energy in 3,580 villages, state Relief Commissioner Alok Kumar Pandey mentioned.
He mentioned there have been no casualties as a result of cyclone however it prompted intensive monetary loss to the state. Officials have been directed to begin the method to evaluate the harm. “Not a single human death has been reported so far due to the cyclone. This has been possible because of our collective effort,” he added.
Hundreds of timber have been uprooted and site visitors on three state highways got here to a standstill, the officers mentioned, including that no less than 23 folks have been injured resulting from cyclone-related incidents whereas many homes have been broken.
In all, as many as 1,137 timber have been uprooted resulting from sturdy winds and heavy rains, disrupting site visitors in 263 roads throughout the state. A cattle rearer and his son died within the Bhavnagar district whereas making an attempt to save lots of their goats caught in a flooded ravine. Bhavnagar Collector R Okay Mehta instructed this newspaper that the deaths weren’t as a result of cyclone.
On Friday, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel convened a gathering on the emergency operations centre in Gandhinagar to evaluate the state’s place after the cyclone handed. He requested collectors of the affected districts to do a survey to find out the extent of harm to property, infrastructure and crops.
According to officers, round 20 kutcha homes, 9 pucca homes, and 65 huts have been utterly destroyed within the affected districts, whereas 474 kutcha dwellings and two pucca homes have been partially broken as a result of cyclone.
AHMEDABAD: Cyclone Biparjoy that struck Gujarat on Thursday evening unleashed a path of destruction in coastal districts because it uprooted hundreds of timber and electrical poles, broken homes and roads, and prompted flooding in a number of coastal villages.
Nearly 4,600 villages have been left with out energy because the cyclone broken scores of transformers and toppled as many as 5,120 electrical poles. Personnel from the electrical energy division on Friday managed to revive energy in 3,580 villages, state Relief Commissioner Alok Kumar Pandey mentioned.
He mentioned there have been no casualties as a result of cyclone however it prompted intensive monetary loss to the state. Officials have been directed to begin the method to evaluate the harm. “Not a single human death has been reported so far due to the cyclone. This has been possible because of our collective effort,” he added. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Hundreds of timber have been uprooted and site visitors on three state highways got here to a standstill, the officers mentioned, including that no less than 23 folks have been injured resulting from cyclone-related incidents whereas many homes have been broken.
In all, as many as 1,137 timber have been uprooted resulting from sturdy winds and heavy rains, disrupting site visitors in 263 roads throughout the state. A cattle rearer and his son died within the Bhavnagar district whereas making an attempt to save lots of their goats caught in a flooded ravine. Bhavnagar Collector R Okay Mehta instructed this newspaper that the deaths weren’t as a result of cyclone.
On Friday, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel convened a gathering on the emergency operations centre in Gandhinagar to evaluate the state’s place after the cyclone handed. He requested collectors of the affected districts to do a survey to find out the extent of harm to property, infrastructure and crops.
According to officers, round 20 kutcha homes, 9 pucca homes, and 65 huts have been utterly destroyed within the affected districts, whereas 474 kutcha dwellings and two pucca homes have been partially broken as a result of cyclone.
