Nilofar cyclone:Market yards, school colleges to remain closed for two days


Ahmedabad/Rajkot/Gandhinagar, 29 October 2014

Major market yards including Morbi and Rajkot market yards will remain closed for two days on 30th and 31st of October due to Nilofar cyclone.

The state government has communicated market yards across the state to take care of farm produce due to possibility of showers before/during and after Nilofar cyclone makes landfall.

In another development, schools and colleges will remain closed till 1 November in Morbi district due to cyclone.

Meanwhile, Gujarat cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Anandiben Patel which continued for over two hours today took decision to send ministers to coasta districts that are likely to be affected by cyclone. Accordingly minister Shankar Chaudhary will leave for Kutch, Govindbhai Patel for Dwarka, Vasuben Trivedi for Jamnagar and Babubhai Bokhiria for Porbandar.