NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Diu on Wednesday to review the situation and damage cause by Cyclone Tauktae.
The Prime Minister will will conduct an aerial survey of areas such as Una, Diu, Jafarabad, and Mahuva.
He will also hold a review meeting at Ahmedabad after conducting aerial survey.
Meanwhile, as many as 13 people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pummelled parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the coast.
Tauktae triggered heavy rains in many parts along its way from the Saurashtra coast to North Gujarat with as many as 46 talukas receiving over 100 mm of downpour, while 12 of them recorded 150 mm to 175 mm of rains.
Tauktae has now weakened into a “cyclonic storm” and will gradually become a “deep depression” as it moves northwards, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
(With agency inputs)
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