Vadodara: Only three water pumping stations, including Kapurai and Chhani, are shut down due to waterlogging in Vadodara city. Other pumping stations are now working. Once waterlogging is clear, the rest of the three pumping stations for water supply will also start functioning again. Out of 34 water distribution centers, 33 are functional again.

MoS Home Harsh Sanghavi shared this detail during his visit to Vadodara, hours after flood water receded in the city.

About power supply, Sanghavi said 118 feeders were shut during waterlogging; out of them, only 12 feeders are shut now. He said all feeders where waterlogging is over will start functioning again by midnight today. 40 teams are working, and 10 more are called for restoration of power by making feeders and transformers functioning again. The work of power restoration will continue through tonight.

Wherever waterlogging ends, power restoration will start at that minute. Teams are decided per feeder and per transformer.

Sanghavi said instructions are given to collect JCBs and dumper trucks from nearby industrial units and add them to the strength of VMC for cleaning work post-flood. He said 48 JCB, 78 dumpers, 62 tractors, and 232 waste carts are already procured in addition to the existing strength of VMC, and so far, 185 metric tons of waste have been cleared.

Sanghavi confirmed 11 deaths in connection with the flood situation, of which 11 were natural deaths.

Health teams are currently taking care of people’s health in the city. 40 PHCs, 4 CHCs, and 72 urban health centers, along with 1,350 health workers from the city district, have joined this operation. The minister also appealed to private doctors to participate in this effort. DeshGujarat