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Cyclone Biparjoy has smashed a 105-year-old record of rainfall in Ajmer in the month of June, according to the Jaipur IMD Director Radheshyam Sharma.

On Sunday, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that tracks have been uprooted at five places in Rajasthan due to the storm.

"The strength of disaster management that India has developed over the years is becoming an example today," he said on his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat'.

Irdai has asked insurers to settle claims in the states affected by cyclone Biparjoy in an expeditious manner

Cyclone Biparjoy has left a trail of destruction as it damaged 5,120 electricity poles and rendered 4,600 villages without power

As Cyclone Biparjoy landfall process commenced, the Border Security Force deployed along the coastal areas has stepped forward to assist the villagers of the area

The storm is currently located in the Arabian Sea, close to the Saurashtra-Kutch coast, and is about 30 km from Jakhau Port in Gujarat

Cyclone Biparjoy has started making landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat's Kutch district

Coastal districts like Porbandar and Dwarka would have high wind speeds, Very Heavy to Extremely Heavy rainfall and high tides due to Biparjoy.

Cyclone Biparjoy has moved slightly to the west. About 4,500 people have been shifted from their homes to shelter homes.

From the Arabian Sea, Cyclone Biparjoy is aiming at Pakistan's southern Sindh province and the coastline of Gujarat in India.

IMD said the cyclone would intensify further gradually during the next 48 hours and move nearly north-northwestwards during the next 3 days.

Deep depression intensified into the Cyclonic Storm 'Biparjoy' over east-central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea," IMD said in a statement