Cyclone Gulab remnants to result in rainfall in Gujarat

Govt rolls back dental surgery course fee hike

The remnants of Cyclone Gulab are likely to enter the Arabian Sea on September 30 and intensify into a cyclonic storm a day later and then move towards Pakistan, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.

Many areas in Gujarat are likely to receive rainfall due to the remnants of Cyclone Gulab.

The IMD said a low pressure area -- a remnant of Cyclone Gulab -- was formed over south Gujarat region and adjoining Gulf of Khambhat on Wednesday morning.

"It is very likely to move west-northwestwards, emerge into northeast Arabian Sea and intensify into a depression by tomorrow (September 30).

"Then it is very likely to move further west-northwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm during the subsequent 24 hours (October 1). Thereafter, it is likely to continue to move westnorthwestwards towards Pakistan Makran coasts, moving away from the Indian coast," the IMD said.

The IMD said light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places and extremely heavy falls at isolated places are very likely over Saurashtra and Kutch in Gujarat.

Heavy to very heavy and extremely heavy falls at isolated places are likely over Gujarat region, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places over north Konkan.

Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places are very likely over Saurashtra and Kutch and heavy falls at isolated places over Gujarat region and north Konkan, the IMD added.

The Goa Dental College has rolled back the hike in fees of its post-graduate dental surgery course and issued an order in this regard on Wednesday.

Under Secretary (health) Trupti Manerkar issued the order which 'revised' the fees and restored the status quo vis-a-vis per semester fees to be paid by students pursuing the MDS course.

Earlier, by an order issued in December 2020, the Goa government had upwardly revised the fees and doubled them to Rs one-lakh per semester to bring parity with the fees charged for postgraduate degree courses at the Goa Medical College.

Accordingly, the order issued on Wednesday by Manerkar states that the existing per-semester fees of Rs one-lakh has been revised to Rs 48,000.