NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, AUG 31
Heavy rains lashed Valsad district and other areas of south Gujarat on Tuesday, causing inundation in many low-lying areas, officials said.
ભારે વરસાદના કારણે કોઇ૫ણ આકસ્મિક આવશ્યકતા ઉભી થાય તો અત્રેની કચેરીના કન્ટ્રોલ રૂમમાં નીચે જણાવેલ નંબર ઉ૫ર સં૫ર્ક કરવા વિનંતી છે.
૦૨૬૩૨ ૨૪૩૨૩૮
૦૨૬૩૨-૧૦૭૭— Collector Valsad (@collectorvalsad) August 31, 2021
Besides, two persons died after being struck by lightning in Mehsana district on Monday night, they said.
વધુ વરસાદના કારણસર નીચે દર્શાવેલ રસ્તાઓ બંધ થયેલ છે pic.twitter.com/U1pkW2G3O7
— Collector Valsad (@collectorvalsad) August 31, 2021
Umergam , Valsad recorded 226mm Rainfall between 6am-12pm
Vapi 109mm#Gujarat #Gujaratrains #monsoon #monsoon2021
— Weatherman Shubham (@shubhamtorres09) August 31, 2021
Alert may be kept in Valsad & Navasari districts. Increased inflows are expected in Madhuban dam.@CWCOfficial_FF
— PB-SHABD (@PBSHABD) August 30, 2021
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted an “active wet spell” over the next few days.
From 6 am till noon on Tuesday, heavy showers lashed several parts of Valsad district, with its Umargam taluka receiving 225 mm rain and Vapi-109 mm downpour, as per the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC).
Also, Kaprada and Pardi talukas in Valsad received 54 and 29 mm rainfall, respectively, while Khergam in neighbouring Navsari district got 26 mm rain during the same period, the SEOC said.
Water-logging in many low-lying areas of Valsad threw normal life out of gear and affected the movement of commuters.
Several parts of Gujarat have been receiving showers since Monday evening.
Lightning strike killed a woman and a teenaged boy in Ganpatpura village of Mehsana on Monday night, an official at Visnagar taluka police station said.
According to the SEOC, 155 out of the state’s 251 talukas received some amount of rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 6 am on Tuesday.
Gujarat has so far this monsoon season recorded about 50 per cent rain deficiency, with six out of the total 33 districts having recorded downpour classified under the “large deficient” (with over 60 per cent lower than normal) category, as per the IMD.
As against 120.38 mm rainfall in June this year and 176.70 mm in July, Gujarat received only 65.2 mm rainfall in August, according to the SEOC.
