Officials on Sunday confirmed that normal life in parts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was affected바카라 웹사이트due to rain and strong winds because of Cyclone Asani.
According to them, the inter-island shipping services have been stopped and fishermen warned not to venture into the sea as the year's first cyclonic storm nears the archipelago.
Around 100 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed and six relief camps opened in various parts of the islands as a precautionary measure, the officials said.
North and Middle Andaman바카라 웹사이트experienced rain and strong winds but life in Port Blair remained normal, they said.
"Yesterday's well-marked바카라 웹사이트low-pressure바카라 웹사이트area intensified into a depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south the Andaman Sea at 0530 IST of today the 20th March 2022. To intensify further into a Deep Depression during next 24 hours," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a Twitter post on Sunday.
The system is expected to move towards the Bangladesh-Myanmar coasts.바카라 웹사이트
As a pre-emptive measure, Andaman and Nicobar Islands'바카라 웹사이트MP Kuldeep Rai had previously requested바카라 웹사이트Lieutenant Governor Admiral (Retd.) D K Joshi to put the disaster management repertoire on high alert. He also urged Joshi to declare holidays바카라 웹사이트on March 19 and 21 in all schools and colleges.
Predictions by India Meteorological Department (IMD)
In its prediction, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had earlier mentioned the presence of a바카라 웹사이트well-marked low-pressure area that persists over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south the Andaman Sea which is expected to advance in the northwards direction along and off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and gradually intensify into a depression by March 20 morning and into a cyclonic storm by바카라 웹사이트March 21.
India Meteorological Department바카라 웹사이트(IMD) had바카라 웹사이트previously predicted that, on March 20, Andaman Islands would witness light to moderate rainfall or thundershower at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and isolated extremely heavy rainfall while the Nicobar islands will witness isolated heavy rainfall over.
“On March 21, light to moderate rainfall or thunderstorms in most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and isolated extremely heavy rainfall are very likely over the Andaman Islands. Light to moderate rainfall at a few places is likely over the Nicobar Islands”, said the IMD.
Precautionary measures and advisories issued by the Govt
Following IMD's prediction on Cyclone Asani, Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Administration Jitendra Narain convened a meeting바카라 웹사이트on Friday to take stock of the preparedness of the local administration. He requested all the stakeholders to set up temporary camps with adequate바카라 웹사이트provisions for food, water, and other basic amenities.바카라 웹사이트
He has also directed바카라 웹사이트the shipping services to be immediately suspended and urged all the fishermen to refrain from venturing into the sea.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has been deployed full-fledged바카라 웹사이트as Cyclone Asani is likely to hit the coasts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The ICG ships and aircraft in the southeast Bay of Bengal and the adjoining south Andaman Sea has been prompting바카라 웹사이트weather warnings to all mariners and fishermen at sea.
Meanwhile, tourism activities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been suspended from March 19 to March 22 considering IMD's warning about the onset of cyclonic weather.바카라 웹사이트
(With PTI Inputs)
