Heavy rain in south Gujarat, NDRF team moved, Ahmedabad-Mumbai rail traffic affected

Surat, 29 July, 2014

Due to very heavy rain in parts of south Gujarat including Valsad, Navsari and Surat, several trains on Ahmedabad-Mumbai route are running late today.

Valsad-Dahod, Valsad-Viramgam passenger trains are canceled.

Shatabdi Express, Gujarat Express, Secunderabad Express are at least one hour late.

Karnavari Express, Kutch Express are among other trains that are running late.

Not just rail route, but even highways are adversely affected by heavy rain.

Vadodara has also started experiencing rain since noon.

Valsad received 12 inch shower during night. Railway tracks suffered water logging. Low level areas were heavily water logged. Roads were not visible due to water everywhere. 150 families of Timbi village in Umargam are shifted to nearby mandirs.

Valsad collector called immediate meeting to review the situation.

NDRF teams are moved to rescue people from 14 disconnected villages in Umargam belt of south Gujarat due to water logging.