Cyclone Biparjoy has left a trail of destruction in the coastal regions of Gujarat after it made landfall on Thursday evening. A father-son duo meanwhile died while saving their goats amid heavy rains caused by the storm here, reported PTI. The cattle-rearer duo were rescuing their goats stuck in a flooded ravine in the Bhavnagar district when the cyclone struck. Several parts of the state received incessant rainfall due to the storm.
Mamlatdar (revenue official) S N Vala said that following a spell of rain since morning, water started flowing in a ravine passing through Bhandar village near Sihor town, as quoted by PTI.
"Due to the sudden inflow of water, a herd of goats got stuck in the ravine. To save the animals, 55-year old Ramji Parmar and his son Rakesh Parmar (22) entered the ravine. However, they got swept away in the waters. Their bodies were fished out some distance away," said Vala, adding that 22 goats and a sheep also died.
Meanwhile, officials said that no cyclone-related death was reported otherwise in the state, as quoted by PTI.
"Thanks to the mass evacuation we had carried out in advance, no one has died in Kutch so far due to any incident linked to the cyclone. Some trees and electric poles were uprooted due to winds blowing at a speed of nearly 80 kilometers per hour," collector Amit Arora said.
Over 300 electric poles were uprooted hitting normal life in Gujarat after severe cyclone storm Biparjoy made landfall in the state. The storm brought heavy rains in Kutch and other coastal areas. Hundreds of trees have got uprooted due to strong winds damaging the power supply in as many as 940 villages and low-lying areas near the sea were flooded. The wind speed went as high as 140 kmph.
Mandvi town in Gujarat’s Kutch, Maliya in Morbi witnessed a complete blackout as trees and poles got damaged. Winds broke electric wires hitting the power supply in many regions.