As Gujarat continues to be battered by unusually heavy rain, at least 28 people have lost their lives in the last three days. A little over 18,000 people have been taken out of flood-affected areas, and 11 districts are expected to see exceptionally heavy rain today, according to the weather service.
A minimum of one person perished in each of the following districts: Anand had six deaths, Ahmedabad had four, Gandhinagar had two, Kheda had Mahisagar, Dahod, Surendranagar, and Morbi, Vadodara, Bharuch, Jamnagar, Aravalli, Panchmahal, Dwarka, and Dang.
Seven persons who vanished after their tractor-trolley was washed away while navigating an overflowing causeway close to Dhavana hamlet in the Morbi district are among the dead, the news agency reported.
On Thursday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for 22 districts and a red alert for 11 districts in Gujarat due to rain. A deep depression in the area is the cause of the continuous heavy rain.
For the Kachchh and Saurashtra regions—which include the districts of Kachchh, Dwarka, Jamnagar, Morbi, Surendranagar, Junagadh, Rajkot, Botad, Gir Somnath, Amreli, and Bhavnagar—the IMD has issued a red alert. A yellow notice has also been issued for Gujarat’s north, central, and south.
In order to assess the situation and reassure the state of the federal government’s support, Prime Minister Narendra Modi contacted Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel of Gujarat.
Vadodara has seen an end to the rain, but numerous low-lying regions have seen flooding as a result of the Vishwamitri River overflowing its banks and into residential areas. As river and dam levels rise around the state, more than 6,000 people are being moved to safer locations as part of ongoing rescue operations.
For relief efforts, the Gujarati government has asked for six Indian Army columns: one in each of the districts of Dwarka, Anand, Vadodara, Kheda, Morbi, and Rajkot.Furthermore, 22 platoons from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and 14 platoons from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have already been sent to assist with disaster management operations.
Images from all throughout the state reveal extensive floods and waterlogging, with rescue workers pulling individuals from the afflicted districts. Meanwhile, the severe rain has damaged the road that leads to Vadodara’s Statue of Unity.
By August 30, the IMD projects that the depression would probably shift from the Kachchh and Saurashtra districts towards the Arabian Sea. On the same day, it is possible that it will marginally and temporarily intensify over the northeast Arabian Sea.
The IMD also issued a warning, stating that there may be subway closures, particularly in metropolitan locations, waterlogging in low-lying areas, and isolated road flooding in certain places.
