- Dharampur in Valsad gets 234 mm in 24 hours
- Jamnagar is one of the worst-affect districts with police saying 11 people have died in rain-related incidents since Friday.
- Eleven people have died in rain-related incidents
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, NEW DELHI, JULY 2
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on the flood-like situation prevailing in the state, and said the Centre and the state government are standing with the people in this difficult time.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે આજે તેમની જામનગરની મુલાકાત દરમ્યાન ભારે વરસાદના કારણે અસરગ્રસ્ત થયેલ વિસ્તારોની મુલાકાત લીધી હતી. મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રીએ સ્થાનિક નાગરિકોને મળીને વરસાદી પાણીથી થયેલ નુકસાન અને હાલની સ્થિતિનો તાગ મેળવ્યો હતો તેમજ સ્થાનિક વહીવટી તંત્ર દ્વારા કરવામાં આવેલી… pic.twitter.com/9G5DUhHOvH
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 1, 2023
Eleven people have died in rain-related incidents as heavy rains continued to pound Gujarat triggering a flood-like situation in several parts of the state and leading to several villages in affected areas getting cut off, officials said on Sunday.
The Ops which took off at 1530h was successfully accomplished in 02 hrs.
The operation was carried out by captain of the Helicopter Wg Cdr Ankit Mathur and his crew members.#IAF lives up to its motto of #Peoplefirstmissionalways pic.twitter.com/XsNZX2Y7sx— C PRO South Western Air Command (@SWAC_IAF) July 1, 2023
Some parts of Valsad and Navsari districts received extremely heavy rainfall in a 24-hour period till Sunday morning, data from the State Emergency Operation Centre revealed.
Several villages were cut off as roads were flooded or had been washed away, with the National and State Disaster Response Forces (NDRF and SDRF) engaged in operations to rescue stranded people, officials said.
Two villagers from Setruj village, Keshod Taluka, #Junagarh district stuck on top of a pole due to incessant rains and heavy water logging were #rescued by an #IAF Helicopter that took off from #AirForce base in #Jamnagar. pic.twitter.com/Bitr9dDGI8
— C PRO South Western Air Command (@SWAC_IAF) July 1, 2023
Jamnagar is one of the worst-affect districts with police saying 11 people have died in rain-related incidents since Friday.
A three-year-old girl died after falling into a well while scooping water out of her flooded house there on Friday, while bodies of two men who had gone missing after heavy rainfall were found on Saturday by a rescue team, police added.
Villages in Limbdi taluka of Surendranagar district were cut off due to the flooding of approach roads, with seven people being rescued by local residents from one of the villages, state government officials said.
“Due to the heavy rains in Gujarat, the government is fully engaged in providing all possible help to the people affected by the flood-like situation in many places.
I talked to the Chief Minister Shri @Bhupendrapbjp ji and inquired about the situation. NDRF and SDRF teams and local administration are engaged in helping people in these areas. The Central Government and the State Government are standing with the people in this difficult time, Shah tweeted in Hindi.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed in Kutch, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Navsari, which were some of the worst-affected districts, officials said.
In the last 24 hours, the state has received 32 millimetres average rainfall, with Dharampur taluka in Valsad district leading with 234 mm, the SEOC said.
It said 205 talukas of the state received a significant amount of rainfall, with parts of Valsad, Navsari, Junagadh, Amreli, Chhota Udepur, Ahmedabad and Surendranagar districts receiving between 100-234 mm of rain.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said heavy rains were very likely at isolated places in the districts of south Gujarat and Saurashtra till Monday morning.
The IMD, in its latest forecast, also said several parts of Gujarat are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall during the next five days
