New Delhi, June 13 -- As cyclonic storm 'Vayu' turned 'severe' and is expected to make a landfall in Gujarat on Thursday morning, over 1.60 lakh people were shifted from low-lying areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions to safer places or cyclone shelter centres.
While an alert has been sounded in 10 districts of Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar, Rajkot, Junagarh, Diu, Gir Somnath, Amreli and Bhavnagar of Gujarat, the State Government suspended operations at all ports and airports in the coastline areas as a precautionary measure for Thursday. For its part, the Western Railway cancelled 15 trains and short terminated 16 others.
The Army, Navy and Air Force the Army, the Air Force, and the NDRF teams are deployed and put on standby for res...