In an overnight operation during bad weather brought on by the approaching storm Biparjoy in the area, the Indian Coast Guard rescued 50 personnel from an oil rig 40 kilometers off the coast of Dwarka in Gujarat.
In seven nocturnal operations by ICG ALH aircraft and ship Shoor, the Indian Coast Guard Region Northwest evacuated 50 people from the oil rig “Key Singapore,” which was 40 kilometers from Dwarka.
The ship and Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) withstood “very rough sea conditions” and bad weather as a result of approaching Biparjoy, which is anticipated to make landfall on June 15 close to Jakhau port in the Kutch area. All of the Coast Guard’s units were on high alert to provide assistance as needed, it added, but only the MK III, an ALH, was put into duty for the rescue efforts.
Biparjoy is expected to move north-northeastward and cross the Saurashtra and Kutch and adjacent Pakistani coasts between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan near Jakhau port by the evening of June 15 as a very severe cyclonic storm, according to the most recent bulletin from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
It stated that the wind speed at the time will likely be between 125 and 135 kmph, with gusts up to 150 kmph. Authorities have prepared for a mass evacuation of those living close to the beach in light of the cyclone.
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