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Gujarat rain fury: 12 dead in rain-related incidents, 1,400 evacuated in 24 hours

Copious rains have prompted farmers to sow more this Kharif season. Sowing has covered 82.98 lakh hectares so far, which is 97.78 percent of the three-year average, officials said.

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Gujarat rain fury: 12 dead in rain-related incidents, 1,400 evacuated in 24 hours
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AHMEDABAD, AUG 25

Nearly 1,400 people were evacuated from inundated areas while 12 persons died in rain- related incidents in Gujarat since the previous evening, a state official said on Tuesday.

જૂનાગઢ: માંગરોળના ઓછા ગામમાં SDRFનું દિલધડક રેસ્ક્યુ ઓપરેશન – ત્રણ દિવસથી ફસાયેલા ત્રણ લોકોનો આબાદ બચાવ – ઘેડ પંથક જળમગ્ન, વાડી વિસ્તારમાં ફસાયા હતા લોકો#junagadh #SDRF #rain #GujaratRains pic.twitter.com/U0thiK1z6H

— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 25, 2020

While the rains abated during the day, Gujarat has so far received 106.78 percent of its annual average rainfall, the official said.

Heavy rains in catchment areas have filled to the brim 90 out of 205 dams in the state, while 70 dams have reached over 70 per cent of their total storage capacity, he said.

#મહેસાણા
મોઢેરાના સૂર્યમંદિરનાં વરસાદ પછીના નયનરમ્ય દ્રશ્યો, સૂર્યકુંડમાં ઝરણા માફક વહ્યા વરસાદના પાણી, વરસાદ પછી સૂર્યકુંડમાં થઈ નવા નીરની આવક.#Gujarat #GujaratRains #SuryaMandir #Mothera pic.twitter.com/TDgQ4k2uO6

— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 25, 2020

The water level of Sardar Sarovar Dam has reached 128.93 metre, 10 metre short of its full capacity, he said.

At least 17 tehsils in Kutch and Banaskantha districts received between 17 to 67 mm rainfall between 6 am and 4 pm on Tuesday, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said.

અમદાવાદ: વિવેકાનંદ નગર ખારી નદીમાં પૂર આવતા કોર્પોરેશન દ્વારા રસ્તો બંધ કરવામાં આવ્યો#Ahmedabad pic.twitter.com/xwxJHWJv13

— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 25, 2020

Although the intensity of showers decreased, rescue and relief operations continued in rain-battered regions as teams of the National and State Disaster Response Forces evacuated people stranded due to flooding.

In Rajkot, 30 farm labourers trapped in a field on the banks of the Bhadar river were evacuated to safety by the SDRF on Tuesday morning, an SEOC official said.

▪️ ભાવનગર: વલ્લભીપુરના નશીતપુરમાંથી પસાર થતી કેરી નદીમાં વરસાદના કારણે પૂર

▪️ નશીતપુર-તોતણીયાળા રોડ ઉપરનો RCCનો કોઝવે ધોવાયો#Bhavnagar #rain #GujaratRains pic.twitter.com/c9ff7xwo5j

— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 25, 2020

289 persons were rescued and 1,358 shifted to safer places, most of them in Surendranagar, Rajkot and Kutch districts.

Several parts of Surat were flooded due to rainfall over the last two days and water was yet to recede from these areas which did not receive any showers on Tuesday, the official said.

પોરબંદરના ઘેડ વિસ્તારમાં ભારે પવન સાથે વરસાદ

➡️નદી-નાળામાં આવ્યા નવા નીર, નીચાણવાળા વિસ્તારોમાં એલર્ટ#Gujarat #Rain #HeavyRain @CMOGuj @InfoGujarat @Indiametdept #porbandar @collectorpor @informationpor2 pic.twitter.com/DoYr3HlDGr

— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 25, 2020

As many as 12 persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents such as drowning and house collapse, he said.

While three persons drowned in Morbi district, one death each was reported from Dang, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Tapi, Kutch and Amreli districts, the official said.

A man died in a wall collapse incident in Patan, while two more died in other rain-related accidents, he said.

જામનગર જિલ્લાના જોડીયા તાલુકા અને જામજોધપુર તાલુકાના ગ્રામ્ય વિસ્તારો પણ મેઘરાજાની તોફાની બેટિંગ

➡️પીઠડમાં ધોધમાર ૧૦ ઇંચ તેમજ વાસજાળીયા અને પરડવા છ-છ ઇંચ વરસાદ નોંધાયો#Gujarat #Rain #HeavyRain @CMOGuj @InfoGujarat @Indiametdept pic.twitter.com/BdxLWSGOdU

— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 25, 2020

A high alert has been issued for areas downstream of 138 dams from which water is being released.

Copious rains have prompted farmers to sow more this Kharif season. Sowing has covered 82.98 lakh hectares so far, which is 97.78 percent of the three-year average, officials said.

મોરબીના ચીખલી ગામે NDRFની ટીમે મહિલા તથા બાળકોનું કર્યું રેસ્ક્યુ

સંપૂર્ણ સમાચાર વાંચવા માટે નીચેની લિંક ક્લિક કરોhttps://t.co/fEufWHF4cv @CollectorMorbi @info_morbi @NDRFHQ pic.twitter.com/NSJuV6HpCq

— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 25, 2020

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places in Banaskantha, Valsad, Navsari and Kutch on August 29 and 30, and light to moderate rainfall at many places over the next five days.

ગીર સોમનાથ: વેરાવળ બંદર પર બોટોના થપ્પા લાગ્યા

🔶દરિયામાં કરંટ જોવા મળતા માછીમારે પરત બંદર પર ફર્યા

🔶હવામાન વિભાગે આગામી બે દિવસ દરીયો ન ખેડવા સૂચના આપી #Girsomnath #Gujarat #Rain #HeavyRain @CMOGuj @InfoGujarat @Indiametdept @collectorgirsom @MGirsomnath pic.twitter.com/scaCWKS5C0

— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) August 25, 2020

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