‘Biparjoy’ cyclone to strengthen in 24 hours says IMD; Kerala, Coastal Karnataka people alerted
New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ will strengthen in the next 24 hours, issuing an alert to the people of Kerala and Coastal Karnataka to expect heavy rainfall in the next three days and to Lakshadweep over the next two days.
The IMD has predicted the cyclone to move in the north-northeast direction. In a tweet on its official handle, the IMD said on Saturday, “Very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy lay centered at 0830IST of today, near latitude 16.7N and longitude 67.4E… To intensify further and move North Northeastwards gradually during next 24 hours.”
The IMD has also predicted that North East India will receive light to moderate rain, which could be scattered to widespread, along with thunderstorm, over the next five days, while northern parts of West Bengal and Sikkim would likely get very heavy rainfall at isolated places for the next three days. Isolated heavy rainfall over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is predicted by the IMD for two days, on account of the cyclone.
A yellow alert has been issued for places in Kerala, including Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Kozhikode and Kannur. Fishermen in Kerala as well as Karnataka have been advised not to go out into the sea during the period of alert.
In Gujarat too, high waves were sighted off in the Arabian Sea off the Tithal beach in Valsad and, as a precautionary measure, the beach has been closed for tourists till June 14.
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Poll boycott in Chamarajnagar village: Govt officers, voter injured; booth, EVM destroyed by protest
Chamarajnagar: In an untoward incident reported from Indiganatta village under the Mahadeshwara Hills Gram Panchayat administration limits in Hanur taluk, government officials were injured as they attempted at pacifying a group of angry voters who had declared they were boycotting the polls on Friday.
Tahsildar Guruprasad and Taluk Panchayat Chief Officer Umesh and a police inspector were reportedly injured in the clash. In addition, the protesters are learned to have destroyed the polling booth, including the electronic voting machine (EVM), set up in the village. One of the voters who visited the booth was reportedly injured in the head in the incident.
Angry over the non-availability of infrastructure in their village, the voters in Indiganatta declared that they would not exercise their right to franchise on Friday. Guruprasad, Umesh and the police officer, who were informed of the boycott, visited Indiganatta to appease the voters and get them to cast vote. The group of voters, however, directed their anger at the officers, resulting in the trio being injured.
The protesters in Indiganatta were not only adamant about their boycott, but also infuriated by the sight of other voters in the village cast ballot at the polling booth. In anger, they initially had an argument with the voters but later forced their way into the booth and reportedly destroyed the EVM there.
Polling is currently reported to have been stalled in Indiganatta due to the violent incident.
