<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Cyclone Biparjoy which made a landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas has now weakened into a deep depression and is expected to weaken further into a depression during the next six hours. Thereafter, it is very likely to continue to move east-northeast wards and maintain the intensity of depression during the subsequent 18 hours. </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said, the remnants of the cyclonic storm in the form of deep depression at 8:30 am was lying over Southwest Rajasthan adjoining Gujarat and Southeast Pakistan about 130 km northeast of Dholavira. He told the media that heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely at one or two places over South Rajasthan and adjoining areas of North Gujarat. He added that due to the cyclone, it is raining only in Gujarat and Rajasthan and Monsoon has nothing to do with this cyclone.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Heavy rains triggered by the Cyclone continued to lash several districts of Gujarat. IMD has predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the Kutch, Patan, and Banaskantha districts of the State. Meanwhile, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a high-level meeting to review the situation in the affected districts after the landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Giving details about the meeting held yesterday, Commissioner of Relief, Alok Pandey said, the State was prepared for the cyclonic effects and has not reported any casualties till now. As part of its strategic and advanced planning, Gujarat Government relocated more than one lakh citizens to safer places. He said, this is one of the largest evacuations in Gujarat's history and due to effective planning ahead of the cyclone, thousands of lives were saved as the State faced a natural calamity for almost five days.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Pandey said electricity has been restored in 3,580 villages out of 4,600 villages. The authorities are continuously working to restore electricity to the rest of the villages despite the ongoing rain. Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds are also occurring in several districts of Rajasthan under the influence of Cyclone Biparjoy. The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall with strong winds in Pali, Barmer, Sirohi, and Jalore districts today. An orange alert has been issued for Jodhpur, Nagaur, Udaipur, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, and Ajmer districts. </span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>