8 more bodies found in Banaskantha, flood/rain toll in Gujarat reaches 135

Gandhinagar/Palanpur: With recovery of eight more bodies including that of three woman from various villages of worst hit Kankrej taluka in flood affected Banaskantha district of Gujarat today the number of flood/rain related deaths in Gujarat has reached 135.

Of these maximum 50 deaths have been reported from Banaskantha district alone.
The number of those washed away or drowned during the floods was 80, 33 have died owing to lightening while 15 have lost their lives in various rain related accident like wall/house collapse.

Police said that of the 8 bodies found today 3 were in Khariya village where 17 bodies were found recently., two were found in Vanpura and one each in Manpura, Ravpura and Bhadravadi.

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