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Cyclone


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              Cyclone Tauktae
              May 2021



              Cyclone Tauktae originated in the Arabian Sea and   Authority was communicated to the Sarpanches
              hit the coastlines of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and   and residents of 186 villages. Reliance Foundation’s
              Karnataka, as well as the inland states of Rajasthan   own emergency contact numbers were activated to
              and Uttar Pradesh, in May 2021. States like Madhya   provide information and updates. These initiatives
              Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Uttarakhand   drew on Reliance Foundation’s partnerships with Indian
              also experienced heavy rainfall, with significant damage   Meteorological Department, Agriculture Universities,
              to property and infrastructure.                     Krishi Vigyan Kendras, Fisheries Departments, Indian
                                                                  National Centre for Ocean Information Services and
              Reliance Foundation deployed mobile and audio       district administrations.
              advisories to update 4.3 lakh people in the affected
              areas about heavy rainfall, high winds, waves,      Another 2.38 lakh people across Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka,
              thunderstorms and lightning during the cyclone.     Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan,
              Of these, 2.79 lakh people in seven states (Goa,    Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand received post-cyclone
              Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu   advisories on disease management for affected crops
              and Rajasthan) received pre-cyclone advisories and   and soil management, and alerts on further rainfall and
              alerts. This included information on safeguarding field   thunderstorms. A total of 4,600 dry ration packs were
              crops, livestock and harvested grain. In the districts of   provided to communities in Diu and in Gir, Somnath and
              Surendranagar and Patan in Gujarat, the emergency   Amreli districts by Reliance Foundation’s partner NGOs,
              contact information of the District Disaster Management   through local Panchayats.













































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