South Gujarat battered by heavy rain
04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,AHMEDABAD
04/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,AHMEDABAD
Unlikely visitor: A crocodile being rescued by an NDRF team from Vadodara, Gujarat on Saturday.ANIANI
After Vadodara, it’s now the turn of Surat and other southern Gujarat districts to be battered, prompting the State administration to deploy an NDRF team in Bharuch and shift people from vulnerable locations as extremely heavy rain is predicted.
Due to water-logging, the administration has shifted 2,649 people from Valsad, Surat, Anand, Bharuch and Vadodara districts till Saturday evening.
In less than six hours on Saturday, Olpad taluka in Surat received 298 mm of rain while Umerpada got 204 mm, and Dharampur in Valsad district received 125 mm rainfall.
Mangrol in Surat received 269 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till 8 a.m. on Saturday, as per the State Emergency Operation Centre data. The downpour resulted in several areas getting water-logged and the Kim and Auranga rivers flowing near the danger mark, officials said.
After Vadodara, it’s now the turn of Surat and other southern Gujarat districts to be battered, prompting the State administration to deploy an NDRF team in Bharuch and shift people from vulnerable locations as extremely heavy rain is predicted.
Due to water-logging, the administration has shifted 2,649 people from Valsad, Surat, Anand, Bharuch and Vadodara districts till Saturday evening.
In less than six hours on Saturday, Olpad taluka in Surat received 298 mm of rain while Umerpada got 204 mm, and Dharampur in Valsad district received 125 mm rainfall.
Mangrol in Surat received 269 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till 8 a.m. on Saturday, as per the State Emergency Operation Centre data. The downpour resulted in several areas getting water-logged and the Kim and Auranga rivers flowing near the danger mark, officials said.
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