NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEPT 12
Parts of Saurashtra-Kutch region in Gujarat received heavy rainfall on Saturday after a brief dry spell, with one taluka getting 107 millimetres in eight hours.
હવામાન વિભાગની આગાહી વચ્ચે કચ્છમાં મેઘાવી માહોલ; સવારથી જ પૂર્વ કચ્છના સામખીયાળી, ભચાઉ, ગાંધીધામમાં ધોધમાર વરસાદ તો ભુજમાં વીજળીના ભયંકર કડાકા ભડાકા સાથે ધોધમાર વરસાદથી નીચાણવાળા વિસ્તારમાં પાણી ભરાયા#rain #Kutch #Gujarat #gujaratrains pic.twitter.com/dzj8BoaYdT
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The state has received around 124 percent of average annual rainfall this season so far, officials said.
The meteorological department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in isolated places in Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions between Monday and Wednesday next week.
➡️અમરેલી જિલ્લામાં વરસાદી માહોલ
➡️ખાંભા ગામમાં મોબાઈલના ટાવર પર વીજળી પડતા લાગી આગ
➡️સતત વરસાદના કારણે કપાસ અને મગફળીના પાકને નુકસાન
➡️ખોડિયાર ડેમના 2 દરવાજા પોણો ફૂટ સુધી ખોલવામાં આવ્યા#Amreli #gujarat #rainingujarat #rain #Gujarat pic.twitter.com/HDXpxH3jCv— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) September 12, 2020
As per the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), some areas in Saurashtra districts like Devbhumi Dwarka, Kutch and Jamnagar received heavy rainfall on Saturday, with Kalyanpur taluka in Devbhumi Dwarka getting 107 mm rainfall in eight hours till 4 pm Saturday.
During this period, it said, Bhuj and Anjar talukas of Kutch district received 89 mm and 55 mm rainfall, respectively.
▪️ દ્વારકા જિલ્લામાં ફરી મેઘરાજા નું આગમન…
▪️ સમગ્ર જિલ્લામાં ગાજ વીજ સાથે વરસાદી માહોલ જામ્યો…
▪️ લોકોની મળી ગરમીથી રાહત તો બીજી તરફ ધરતીપુત્રો માં છવાઈ ચિંતા#MonsoonSession #Monsoon2020 #gujaratrains #heavyrain pic.twitter.com/dDQXCC2phN— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) September 12, 2020
With this, Gujarat has so far received 1,027.19 mm rain, which is 123.61 per cent of average annual rainfall, it said.
Kutch district received 257.58 per cent of the annual average rainfall of 412 mm, followed by Saurashtra with 166.41 percent, north Gujarat 107.85 per cent and south Gujarat 105.21 percent, the SEOC said.
However, east-central Gujarat has got just 90.63 per cent of average annual rainfall.
SOEC data showed that out of 1027.19 mm rainfall the state has received so far during the current season, 644.51 mm was received in August alone.
A majority of the 251 talukas in the state have received over 500 mm rainfall, with 102 of them getting over 1,000 mm, while 18 talukas have seen rainfall between 251- 500mm.
The India Meteorological Department”s Ahmedabad centre has said between Monday and Wednesday, parts of Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall, as well as light to moderate rainfall in many parts of the district over the next five days.
