Cave-ins in Amdavad again after recent rain, car trapped in one of these at Pallav crossroads

Ahmedabad:

After the recent rain spell various cave-ins in roads today also appeared in the city and due to one such sudden ‘sitting down’ of a portion of road on Pallav crossing in Naranpura area a car was trapped in it.

However fortunately no one was injured in the incident. The car was also damaged and its tyre punctured in the incident. It was later pulled out by fire brigade crain.

The whole area of the cave in of around 5 feet x 4 ft dimension in the middle of the busy road was cordoned off.

Two other cave-ins were created on Model road in Hatkeshwar area.

Meanwhile the Metro officials and those from AMC today rushed to the silver flats in Gomtipur area of the city a part of the base of which has also caved in. The Metro officials claimed that residents of those flats in high risk area of Metro rail underground work have been given a prior notice for evacuating it. 20 such flats have been emptied.

Meanwhile a Kerosene laden tanker was also trapped in a cave-in developed on a road in Kheda district of central Gujarat which has seen maximum rain during recent spell.

During the last spell of heavy rain in Ahmedabad several cave-ins including a large one near a metro structure in Vejalpur area were created.

DeshGujarat