Monsoon updates on Saturday

Ahmedabad, 26 July 2014

Various parts of Gujarat continued to witness heavy rains on Saturday.

State’s Kutch district received rains upto 7 inches at places. Mandvi, Bhuj, Mundra witnessed 2-7 inch rain during the day. Water logging was witnessed at several places.

Showers were on halt in Vadodara and parts of central Gujarat. Levels at Vishwamitri river crossed danger mark of 26 ft in the evening due to water released from Ajwa reservoir. Around two dozen people trapped on a beyt like land in a farm were rescued by fire brigade. Similarly some families were rescued from water logged Vadsar area. Vishwamitri’s sister river Dhadhar was also flooding during the day. Over 1,000 people from low lying areas close to both rivers were shifted to safer places.

In Ahmedabad, rainfall was experienced in the evening, however measurement of rain was not equal in every area. While in some areas there was water logging, some other areas of same city remained dry.

At Ukai in south Gujarat, 70,000 cusec water had to be released, as water level in dam crossed rule level of July due to extra ordinary water release from Hatnur dam in upstream area.