A powerful cyclone has battered India’s west coast and made landfall in Gujarat after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people.
In view of the impending Cyclone Tauktae, the inward and outward movement of vehicles and rail at Kandla is suspended, with effect from 16 May.
Authorities at Kandla Port, the largest government-run port in the country, said steps had been taken to evacuate around 5,000 people from low lying areas.
We have already issued an advisory, and have stopped taking any vessels inside. There will be no berthing tomorrow morning, and all vessels will be sent to the high seas.
…S.K. Mehta, chairman of Kandla Port, said.
However, operations at Mundra port, India’s largest private port, in Gujarat were continuing normally, two officials at the port told Reuters on Sunday morning.
According to Reuters news agency, India is evacuating thousands of people from low-lying areas along its western coast as a powerful cyclone that has killed at least six people is expected to make landfall on Tuesday morning in the state of Gujarat.
Cyclone Tauktae, which formed in the Arabian sea, has already brought lashing rain and winds that damaged houses and uprooted trees to parts of western and southern India.
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As the cyclone has moved north at least six people have been killed in the western states of Goa and Karnataka, according to officials and statements.
Further south, 31 boats registered with the state of Tamil Nadu were missing, a coastguard official told Reuters.
