Spells of heavy rain at some places in Saurashtra, South Gujarat

Gandhinagar:

Parts of Saurashtra and South Gujarat today saw some spells of heavy rain even as more such rain is likely during the night.

Amreli district saw the maximum downpour in its Babra taluka where up to 108 mm (a little over 4 inches) was recorded by 6 pm this evening. Lathi saw 67mm and Savarkumdala 63 mm.

Jamnagar which had seen very heavy rain two days back also saw spells of heavy rains today as its flood affected Jodiya and Dhrol taluka saw around 3 inches of rain by the evening. Kaprada and Vapi in Valsad saw around 4 inches while Gandevi and Chikahli in Navasari saw close to 3 inches. Jamnagar city also saw around 2 inches of rain. A total of 119 talukas had seen some amount of rain by 6 pm today of which 13 had recorded over 2 inches and 33 over one inch.

Meanwhile teams of NDRF were still conducting relief and rescue operations in rain affected districts including Jamnagar, Banaskantha, Surendranagar, Morbi and Valsad.

Flood affected Morbi and Surendranagar also witnessed around half to one and a half inches of rain at various places today.

Meanwhile the total seasonal rain in the state has reached 39% mark with Kutch region so far getting over half of its seasonal rain.

There was no immediate heavy rain warning for the next two three days but it is understood that owing to a cyclonic system over Bay of Bengal, Gujarat might again see some heavy spells of rain from July 21.

DeshGujarat