Round 30 villages in Junagadh district of Gujarat had been reduce off as roads resulting in them received submerged following heavy rains, with Vanthali within the district recording 361 mm rains within the 24-hour interval ending Tuesday morning, officers mentioned.
Ten talukas within the Saurashtra and southern area of the state acquired greater than 200 mm rainfall within the 24-hour interval leading to water-logging in low-lying areas, they mentioned.
The Nationwide Catastrophe Response Power (NDRF) mentioned in an announcement that it has despatched one staff to Keshod in Junagadh district to assist the individuals who had been left stranded on account of disconnected roads.
“Practically 30 villages in Junagadh district had been reduce off as roads connecting them have gone below water following heavy rains,” a senior official mentioned.
The affected talukas within the district are Keshod, Manavadar and Vanthali, the official added.
As per the information shared by the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), Vanthali taluka in Junagadh acquired 361 mm rainfall within the 24-hour interval ending 6 am. It was adopted by Visavadar taluka (336 mm), Junagadh taluka (297 mm), Jungadh metropolis (297 mm) and Keshod taluka, the place 248 mm of rainfall was recorded in 24 hours.
Different locations the place heavy downpour was recorded within the final 24 hours embrace Bardoli taluka of Surat (239 mm), Khambhalia taluka of Devbhumi Dwarka (229 mm), Manavadar of Junagadh (224 mm) Navsari taluka of Navsari district (214 mm) and Kalyanpur taluka of Devbhumi Dwarka (200 mm).
In all, 10 talukas of Saurashtra and south Gujarat areas acquired over 200 mm of rainfall in 24 hours.
A number of elements of the state have been receiving good quantity of rainfall because the final three days.
The NDRF mentioned it has deployed 10 groups in several elements of Saurashtra, Kutch and south Gujarat in view of the heavy rainfall and resultant waterlogging.
Notably, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) on Monday issued a ‘purple alert’ for a number of districts, together with Junagadh and Surat, forecasting extraordinarily heavy rainfall until Tuesday morning.
As per the recent forecast, heavy to very heavy rain would lash a number of elements of Gujarat on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Tuesday, elements of south Gujarat and Saurashtra could obtain “very heavy rains” at remoted locations whereas heavy rain would lash a number of elements of north Gujarat, central Gujarat and Saurashtra area.
On July 3, very heavy rains would happen in Surat, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli, the IMD mentioned in launch, including that Gujarat is experiencing a moist spell on account of two cyclonic circulation over north in addition to south Gujarat.
