Massive Gujarat plan to mitigate cyclone impact

The project targeted people below the poverty line by providing basic infrastructure and activities relating to agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries keeping in view the needs of such deprived sections.

Some activities could help restore ecological balance in coastal areas and also help in alleviating poverty, he added.

The cyclone of 1998 was unprecedented and most devastating in the history ofGujarat and it was the sixth cyclone in recent times and indicated increasing severity of cyclonic storms affecting the state, especially in the Saurashtra and Kutch regions.

The project had been submitted to the central government for coordination with the World Bank, he said.