Met predicts more rain for Valsad and adjoining areas even as Vapi sees 14 inches in last 24 hours

Gandhinagar/Surat: Met has predicted more rain for Valsad district today as well even as it has received more than 10 inches of rain in last 24 hours with its Vapi Taluka seeing an extremely heavy downpour of 357 mm or 14 inches which was highest among all the 121 talukas of 23 districts that saw rain in last 24 hours.

Under the influence of a system which was till in the neigbourhood of South Gujarat the met has predicted heavy to very heavy rains to be very likely at isolated places in the districts of South Gujarat region namely Valsad, Navsari, Dang and adjoining union territories of Daman, Dadara Nagar Haveli.

In the last 24 hours among takukas which have seen eight inches or more rain apart from Vapi are Valsad 336mm, Umergam 285mm, Pardi 253 mm, Jalalpor 205mm.

With this the total rain percentage across the state has crossed 15% mark this morning and was 15.13% as per the date issued by the met department.

Due to incessant rain life has been thrown out of gear in several parts of Valsad and Vapi. Water was overflowing on the NH 48 near Pardi. Water has also logged in to the Valsad railway station premises. Three to 4 Causeways on river Tulsi have also been submerged. In Vapi, the rivulet Bill Khadi had also overflown making things difficult for locals.

However, the rain has also filled up two of the important reservoirs of Abrama and Dhadoi dams in Valsad.

#WRUpdates. Passengers may kindly note further rescheduling / short termination & change in departing/originating station of trains due to heavy water logging on tracks at Palghar in morning hours. pic.twitter.com/5WBiuK2K06

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) July 1, 2019

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