The next 24 hours are going to be crucial for Gujarat as Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is expected to make landfall on June 15. The IMD on June 14 sounded a Red Alert for the Saurashtra and Kutch coasts of Gujarat. In view of cyclone ‘Biparjoy’, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel chaired a meeting over preparedness in Gandhinagar. NDRF DIG Mohsen Shahidi informed that 18 teams of NDRF have been deployed on the coastal area of Gujarat. Around 47,000 people have been shifted to safer places from 8 coastal districts of Gujarat so far. IMD Director General informed that coastal Gujarat will witness gusting wind speed, and heavy rainfall on June 14. As per IMD`s latest update, ‘Biparjoy’ lies 290 km WSW of Devbhoomi Dwarka and 280 km WSW of Jakhau Port, Gujarat. “Possibility of intensity of Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ decreasing once it crosses coast”, informed IMD Ahmedabad Head. Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ is expected to traverse on June 15 all along the Rann upto Rajasthan thereafter. The BSF has prepared itself to overcome the challenges posed by the effects of the cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ along the Rann upto Rajasthan. Earlier today, people residing in the villages in coastal areas of Kutch were evacuated by the BSF.