Several parts of Gujarat, especially Saurashtra, South Gujarat and Central Gujarat. In the last 24 hours, 147 talukas in the state have received heavy to very heavy rainfall. Due to the cyclonic depression by the Gulab cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, the monsoon returns full throttle across various districts of Gujarat. Gujarat has received 83 per cent rainfall so far and it seems that the state’s rainfall deficiency will be met with as the weather office predicts stormy rains in the coming days
According to the meteorological department, dark heavy clouds loomed across several talukas of Gujarat starting from the wee hours of Monday morning. The highest rainfall was recorded in several districts of Saurashtra and also Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Vadodara, Banaskantha and Chhota Udepur.
One lakh cusecs of water were released from the Ukai dam in Surat following heavy rains. An exercise was carried out to keep the surface of the dam up to the rule level. The historic Gopi Lake of Surat city has also been filled by up to 10 feet with the arrival of heavy showers today.
The Sihor taluka of Bhavnagar district witnessed heavy downpour since early morning. Heavy rains lashed villages including Tana, Agayali, Bordi, Rajpara, Vavdi, Lavarda, Budhana, Sarkadia, Gundala, Varal, Bekdi and Jambala in Sihor. Many small and big check dams and reservoirs have been flooded due to good rains. The deployment of rain was frozen in Bhavnagar from late night. There were scenes of thunder and lightning across all the villages. The incident took place at three places in Sihor city, including the Anandnagar area. The incident took place in the Anandnagar area when a building was struck by lightning. Gaps in the lightning caused cracks in the building and all the electrical wiring of the building was burnt.
Heavy rains in Mehsana also submerged many areas. The Bhammariu canal in Mehsana was flooded with rainwater. Farmers are worried about predictions of heavy rains in the district. Mehsana has received two inches of rainfall so far. Kadi also came across scenes of two inches of rain causing floods across the city. Unjha received 18 mm and Visnagar 14 mm rainfall.
Kadi received 2 inches of rain between 6 am and 10 am in the morning. The low-lying area was flooded by heavy rains. The water-logged areas put vehicle movement at a standstill. And with two waterlogged underbridges in Kadi, disrupting vehicular movement.
Botad also received rains in rural areas including Barwala town. Heavy rains were recorded in several villages including Kundal, Navada, Rojind of Barwala. Due to heavy rains, farmers are likely to face damage to their cotton crops. Farmers in Dhasa and Gaddha of Botad are also worried about the heavy downpour. In Botad, heavy rains have affected rural areas including Dhasa, Patna, Pipardi, Jalalpar.
