If no more rain pours, situation in Vadodara would become normal from tomorrow: Rupani

Vadodara: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today expressed concern over over one inch rain in Vadodara this afternoon but said that several measures have been taken to restore the normalcy in flood ravaged city and if no further rain happens, the situation would become normal from tomorrow.

Rupani who had rushed to the city this evening leaving his Rajkot visit midway due to recurrence of rain, told newsmen during his visit to the severely flood affected area that that if no further rain occurs then the situation would become normal from tomorrow morning.

‘Water level in river Vishwamitri in the city and that in Ajwa dam has gone down due to which water from the city was receding. PM Narendra Modi had also talked to me in the morning and assured of all possible assistance. Our government has announced assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the family members of those four to five people died during flood/rain. The state government will also give cash dole and assistance for household items and also help in case of other flood/rain caused damages as per norms. Electricity has almost been restored everywhere and efforts were on to make available drinking water supply normal and also start a sanitation and cleaning drive ,’ he said.

Rupani said that he along with DyCM Nitin Patel would hold meetings with district administration to review the situation.
Patel has also arrived in the city today.

Notably the central Gujarat city which was flooded due to 499 mm of rain in just one day on July 31, has not seen any further rain till this afternoon when between 2 to 6 it has received 34 mm of rain. Met has predicted more spells of heavy rain in Vadodara due to which the efforts to restore normalcy could be affected .

Earlier Chief Secretary J N Singh told newsmen that a total of 11 NDRF teams and 6 SDRF teams were still deployed in the city and with the rescue and shifting of almost 9000 people from low lying areas the rescue operation was almost complete. The rescue teams have also taken out 840 advance pregnant women from flooded low lying areas and admitted them in various hospitals in the city.

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