East Central Gujarat continue to get heavy to very heavy rainfall for second consecutive day, rivers surge

Gandhingar: Monsoon which has become fully active again in parts of Gujarat is looking vigorous in East Central Gujarat today even as 144 talukas of 25 districts have seen rain from 6 am to 2 pm today with Chhota Udepur taluka of the same district getting the maximum 166 mm.

Due to two days of continuous heavy rainfall, rivers and rivulets in and around Chhota Udepur district have surged. Rivers like Orsang, Hiran, Kara and Ashwin were virtually flooded with new water.

Several roads and causeways etc., in central Gujarat have also seen water logging. In Gadh Boriyad area under Naswadi taluka of Chhota Udepur district a car was washed away in rain water however four people sitting in the car were rescued safely. Among other prominent rain receiving talukas today were Jetpur Pavi 156 mm, Halol 158, Quant 155, Anand 93 Jambughoda 68, Sankheda 62 and Vadodara city 61 mm each. 37 talukas have seen over 25 mm or rain till 2 pm.

Ahmedabad city which had seen 7 mm or average rain overnight has seen 16 mm more from 6 am to 12 pm today. In the last 24 hours ending 6 am today a total of 135 talukas of 22 districts had seen rain with highest 93 mm in Chhota Udepura. Quant had seen 89 mm, Morva Hadaf 79, Godhara 78, Dahod 77, Khanpur 72 ,Umerpada 70 Vadodara 46 and Surat city 41 mm.

Met department has forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall for today in central and North Gujarat region with spells of extremely heavy fall in Chhota Udepur and Panchmahal districts.

IMD center Director in Ahmedabad Jayanta Sarkar said that due to the presence of a shear zone as part of an upper air cyclonic circulation the rainfall was happening and there would be wide-spread rainfall mainly in East Central and North Gujarat region with districts like Vadodara, Anand, Kheda, Dahod, Mahisagar, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Mahesana, Sabarkhantha and Banaskantha along with some extremely heavy falls in Chhota Udepur and Panchmahal.

There will be some reduction in the rainfall intensity tomorrow but still there would be heavy rain fall in parts of Banaskantha, Patan, Kutch etc.

Another low pressure area is likely to develop over the bay of Bengal on August 29. The state has so far seen over 91% of its total seasonal average rainfall.

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