<p>Ordering a complete shutdown on Wednesday and Thursday in the coastal Konkan belt, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday appealed citizens to keep a handy emergency kit ready. </p>.<p>According to him, Cyclone Nisarga, could be accompanied by heavy rains and there could be flooding as well. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/cyclone-nisarga-live-one-crisis-after-another-is-befalling-us-nature-doesn-t-stop-taking-tests-says-maharashtra-cm-uddhav-thackeray-844626.html">Follow live updates on Nisarga</a></p>.<p>"Keep an emergency kit ready, be ready for power outages, keep batteries charged, keep power banks ready," Thackeray said in his webcast. </p>.<p>Besides, do not forget to keep water bottles and some dry food, he said.</p>.<p>"You must be prepared, should an emergency evacuation is needed," the chief minister said after a Cabinet meeting in which the situation was reviewed.</p>
<p>Ordering a complete shutdown on Wednesday and Thursday in the coastal Konkan belt, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday appealed citizens to keep a handy emergency kit ready. </p>.<p>According to him, Cyclone Nisarga, could be accompanied by heavy rains and there could be flooding as well. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/cyclone-nisarga-live-one-crisis-after-another-is-befalling-us-nature-doesn-t-stop-taking-tests-says-maharashtra-cm-uddhav-thackeray-844626.html">Follow live updates on Nisarga</a></p>.<p>"Keep an emergency kit ready, be ready for power outages, keep batteries charged, keep power banks ready," Thackeray said in his webcast. </p>.<p>Besides, do not forget to keep water bottles and some dry food, he said.</p>.<p>"You must be prepared, should an emergency evacuation is needed," the chief minister said after a Cabinet meeting in which the situation was reviewed.</p>
