RAJKOT: As severe cyclonic storm Vayu rages towards Gujarat , administrations of 11 coastal districts were working overtime to minimize its impact.Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel told reporters that 408 villages across 31 talukas of 10 districts in Saurashtra and 60 lakh are likely to be affected by the cyclone.The storm is expected to slam the coast near Veraval and Diu between 6am and 7am on Thursday. District administrations of Porbandar, Gir-Somnath, Amreli, Jamnagar, Kutch and Devbhumi Dwarka are taking all the precautionary measures as winds speeding up to 112 km are expected to roar after the landfall.The Porbandar district, which is likely to be affected the most, has identified nearly 35,000 people who may have to be evacuated by Wednesday. District collector M A Pandya said “We have created 230 shelter homes with all facilities for these people.”Entry at the famous Chowpati beach has been banned till the situation becomes normal. Also, seven earth movers, 12 loaders and tree cutting equipment have been readied as the winds could uproot trees.Amreli district’s two talukas - Rajula and Jafrabad - are also bracing up for a possible damaging impact.Amreli collector Aayush Oak said, “We will require to evacuate 19,000 people and they have all been informed. If they don’t move out voluntarily by 11am today, we will have to forcibly shift them. Shelter houses have been set up at 37 locations with all facilities like food, drinking water and medicine.”As many as 60 state transport buses and 30 private buses have been kept on a stand-by for rescue and relief work, Oak added.Gir-Somnath administration has also asked people in 51 villages to shift to safer locations. In Rajkot, the municipal corporation has brought down 22 hoardings which may blow away due to strong winds.Two control rooms have been activated in the city and fire brigade has been alerted.