During the meeting, the Maharashtra CM said jumbo Covid-19 centres and other facilities can protect patients from rain but, in view of the intensity, some patients from Mumbai and other areas have been shifted to safer places.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Pic/Bipin Kokate
During a virtual meet with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on preparations for tacking cyclone Tauktae, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said an alert has been sounded in coastal districts of the state and the administration has braced up to ensure uninterrupted electricity and oxygen supply in Covid-19 hospitals.
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The official Twitter handle of CMO Maharashtra also posted about the meet on the micro-blogging site.
The coastal districts have been put on a state of high alert.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) May 16, 2021
Considering the COVID situation, the administration has taken adequate precautions to ensure continuous electricity and oxygen supply to hospitals.
Though the Jumbos and other CCC have taken measures to tackle rains, problems may arise in case of a severe cyclone. Hence, patients in Mumbai and other areas have been shifted elsewhere as a precaution.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) May 16, 2021
The Police & other officials of relevant departments have been deployed at various places.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) May 16, 2021
The Mantralaya Control Room is in constant touch with the District control rooms.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Tauktae has intensified into a "very severe cyclonic storm" and is approaching the Gujarat coast.
The IMD has forecast high speed winds along and off south Maharashtra-Goa and adjoining Karnataka coasts over the next couple of days.
During the meeting, Thackeray said jumbo Covid-19 centres and other facilities can protect patients from rain but, in view of the intensity, some patients from Mumbai and other areas have been shifted to safer places.
He said all steps have been taken to ensure oxygen production plants on the coastline and transport of oxygen to rest of the state remain unaffected.
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The CM also informed that residents along the coastline have been moved to safer places and disaster management units have been activated.
Collectors of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Raigad and Palghar districts and Mumbai municipal commissioner have been instructed to ensure that the oxygen production plants of 900 metric tonne capacity along the sea coast are safe, he said.
“Officials of the electricity and public works departments are also on alert,” he added.
Thackeray said arrangements have been made to ensure 12 to 16-hour oxygen backup in districts to be affected by the cyclonic storm.
"A total of 160 metric tonne of oxygen is expected to reach Maharashtra from Jamnagar in Gujarat by Monday. If there are problems in the Jamnagar plant due to the cyclone, arrangements have been made to get the additional stock from other places," he said.
Thackeray said fishermen were also returning to the coast from the sea.
He also informed the Union minister that the state has adequate stock of medicines.
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