"Ensure Maintenance Of Essential Services": PM In Meet On Cyclone Biparjoy
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The Prime Minister further said the safety of animals should be ensured and ordered the setting up of 24x7 control rooms.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said rescue teams were ensuring the safe evacuation of people living in vulnerable locations in the path of Cyclone Biparjoy, which is likely to make landfall in Gujarat's Kutch.
The Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting here to review the preparedness of the Centre as well as the Gujarat government to deal with the situation arising out of the impending cyclone, which is also expected to impact Pakistan.
"Our teams are ensuring safe evacuations from vulnerable areas and ensuring maintenance of essential services. Praying for everyone's safety and well-being," Prime Minister Modi tweeted after the meeting.
According to a statement by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Prime Minister Modi has directed senior officers to take every possible measure to ensure that people living in vulnerable locations are safely evacuated by the state government.