Mumbai Restricts Movement Of People Near Coast Over Cyclone Nisarga

No one is allowed to come out in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along the Mumbai coastline as Cyclone Nisarga is forecast to make landfall around noon on Wednesday, the police said in a late night order.

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli have been put on high alert as some parts of these two states and the Union Territories fall on the path of the cyclone that developed over a low pressure area over the Arabian Sea.

The ban is from Wednesday morning till next day's noon, the police said in the order, anyone caught violating the ban will face criminal action.