Saurashtra, South Gujarat get rain

Ahmedabad, 31 July, 2014

As predicted by IMD yesterday, parts of Saurashtra and South Gujarat are witnessing heavy rain today.

Jodiya had 6 inch rain today, Dhrol 5 inch, Jamnagar 3 inch, Gondal 1 inch.

Incidents of collapse of old houses are reported from Surendranagar district’s Shiyani and Junagadh belt’s Maliya due to heavy rain.

Somnath/Veraval have witnessed good rain today.

Junagadh’s Willingdon dam and Anandpur dam are overflowing. Mendarda road is suffering water logging. Due to breakdown in Jhajharda village water carrying pipe line, students of Xavier school were stuck on road. The village remained disconnected for some time due to water logging.

Parts of south Gujarat are continuing to witness rain today, that too as predicted by IMD yesterday.

Bardoli and Surat are two places where heavy rain has been witnessed today. There has been water logging in parts of Surat due to 2 inch shower in 2 hours, mainly in Varachha main road.

In Navsari belt, the situation has improved compared to past three days. Levels in water are now going down and disconnected villages are again connected. However thereh has been massive damages to roads.

Meanwhile in some areas of Ahmedabad, water logging situation has not completely resolved so far even after one day.

Late in the afternoon the city witnessed a round of shower.