Upon landfall, Cyclone Nisarga is Ek is  to have a speed of 105-110 kmph and is likely to cause heavy rains in south Gujarat and coastal Maharashtra.

Rains in Mumbai, South Gujarat as cyclone nears land:

Cyclone Nisarga has led to constant drizzling in parts of Mumbai. Areas like Parel, Mulund, Goregaon Vasai Road, Navi Mumbai reported drizzle since early evening. Districts including Palghar, Greater Mumbai, Raigad and Mumbai have been put on alert.

Meanwhile, areas like Valsad, Bhavnagar, and Amreli are also likely to receive showers overnight.

Measures taken by Government to control Nisarga:

As a precautionary measure, people living in non-pucca houses are being shifted to safer locations and slum-dwellers in low-lying areas been asked to evacuate. As many as 50 patients were relocated from the Bandra Kurla Complex COVID-19 hospital to the Goregaon NESCO hospital during the day. The state government has implemented stringent measures along the coastal Konkan region along with Mumbai in view of the approaching cyclone.

"Care is being taken to prevent power outages. Precautions are being taken at chemical units and nuclear power plants in Palghar and Raigad," Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in an update on the cyclone.

NDRF deploys 33 teams in Gujarat and Maharashtra

Meanwhile in Gujarat, the Valsad and Navsari district administrations have started evacuating nearly 20,000 people from 47 villages located close to the state coastline.

Maharashtra prepares for Cyclone Nisarga:

Flight operations in Mumbai were partially hit due to the cyclonic storm approaching the west coast. Vistara put out an advisory saying, flights to/from Mumbai and Goa are likely to be impacted.

After storming the Maharashtra coast with wind speeds of up to 120 kmph in the afternoon, the cyclone has started weakening and its intensity will reduce further by evening, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclone is expected to make landfall by early Wednesday. The storm is expected to move towards north and recurve north-northeast later to cross north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coast between Harihareshwar (Raigad) and Daman by Wednesday afternoon.