NDRF rescues 18 during separate operations in Morbi district in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: During the heavy to very heavy downpour in some parts of North Gujarat and Saurashtra today, a total of 18 people have so far been rescued.

All the 18 people were rescued by the NDRF in Tankara taluka of Morbi district.

11 people including 9 children, one women and one man were rescued from a water flooded slum like locality in Khara area during a single operation.

Relief Commissioner Ajay Shah said that 1 team each in Surat and Rajkot were present. The rescue operations in Morbi were conducted by Rajkot unit of the NDRF.

On being asked about the reports of one person being washed away in Dwarka district he said that so far there were no official information of any rain related casualty.

2 units each at Vadodara and Gandhinagar have been kept on standby in the wake of heavy to very heavy rain predictions for the next 48 hours as well.

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