Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited Mandvi Civil Hospital and met the people admitted there after being affected by Cyclone Biparjoy.
Meanwhile, Shah also met the people of Kathda village in Mandvi district.
Earlier today, Union Home Minister conducted an aerial survey of areas affected due to Cyclone Biparjoy in Gujarat’s Kutch.
Later during the day, Shah is scheduled to hold a review meeting with Patel and other senior officers.
Cyclone Biparjoy, which originated in the Arabian Sea and swept across the west coast of India, made landfall on Thursday night around 10 km north of the Jakhau Port in Kutch in Gujarat.
The cyclone weakened into a ‘deep depression’ and is further expected to weaken into a ‘depression’ in the next 12 hours, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in the early hours today.
According to IMD, the cyclonic storm weakened into a ‘deep depression’ at 11:30 pm on Friday over Southeast Pakistan.”Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy weakened into a Deep Depression at 2330 hours IST of yesterday, June 16, 2023, over Southeast Pakistan adjoining Southwest Rajasthan and Kutch about 100 km northeast of Dholavira. To weaken further into a Depression during next 12 hours,” IMD said in a tweet.
