With the tropical cyclone Tauktae set to cross the Gujarat coast and make a landfall as an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ by Monday night, the state government has shifted over 1.5 lakh people to safer places and mobilised disaster response teams.

The Centre has offered all help to Gujarat to deal with the cyclone and asked the Army, Navy and the Air Force to remain on standby to assist the administration if need arises, the state government said.