More Vishwamitri floods in Vadodara in 20th & 21st centuries; highest rain of June on record in 2005 caused first flood of century
September 11, 2024
Japan K Pathak
In the last article of this series, we read about the 1927 flood of the Vishwamitri River in Vadodara. Vishwamitri continued to flood the city on various occasions through the 20th century. As the overflow was limited to two days in most cases and death toll not significant, and much greater floods elsewhere in the country during the monsoon, the coverage of Vadodara floods remained limited to the local press. However, the floods in 1944, 1950, 1953, 1959, 1970, 1973, etc. can be found covered by the national and global press in brief. More research, of course, may reveal more flood-hit years of Vadodara and further details.
The September 4, 1944 news report says a meeting of the Congress workers of Gujarat held at Baroda decided to collect Rs. 5 lakh for flood relief in Gujarat and appointed a committee with Mr. G V Mavlanker, Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly, as Treasurer to raise the funds and administer relief.
The October 10, 1945 newspaper report states the Maharaja of Baroda in an address to the ministers and the heads of the departments in the Laxmi Vilas Palace referred to the recent floods in Baroda and appreciated the good work done by several departments, particularly the police, to help the people during the floods. He disclosed that he was taking steps for securing expert advice on protective measures to avert further dangers.
More articles of this series – Vishwamitri has long history of flooding Vadodara; Campbell in 1883 wrote that it ‘frequently overflows in monsoons’
2014 was a lackluster monsoon for Vadodara, but then came a surprise as September brought flood
The Press Trust of India (PTI) in its August 12, 1953 news report calls Vishwamitri as a narrow rivulet and not even a river and writes – It is usual for the Vishwamitri, a narrow rivulet, to rise suddenly and also to subside as quickly whenever there is heavy and continuous rain.
The reports reads – The river Vishwamitri, which has began overflowing its banks about ten last night, has completely isolated Alkapur, the fashionable residential locality of Baroda city and flooded low-lying areas of the city like Sayajigunj, Fatehgunj and Pratapgunj by midnight. 100s of families from the water-logged area were removed to safety and accommodated in public buildings before midnight. At midnight, Municipal and Police lorries were scouring the waterlogged areas, helping to evacuate people from the flooded area. No casualties had so far been reported. It is usual for the Vishwamitri, a narrow rivulet, to rise suddenly and also to subside as quickly. Whenever there is heavy rand continuous rain. The authorities were understood to be having the situation well in hand.
A 2nd September 2959 news report stated – Baroda city, North o Bombay, India, has been cut in two by a flood which has submerged the river bridge connecting two halves. Fifteen persons are reported to ahve died in the floods, caused by two days of rain. Two thousand of the city’s 250,000 people have lost their homes.
12 September 1970 news report said – Gujarat’s Transport Minister Chimanbhai Patel after touring the Vadodara district told newsmen, more than 15,000 persons have been affected by the recent floods and eight persons died in the floods while two were missing.
Chimanbhai as a Chief Minister in 1973 told media persons the State-owned Gujarat refinery and the giant Gujarat fertilizer factory in the industrial town of Baroda were on the verge of shutting down Friday with their pumping stations completely submerged. This was reported on 1st September 1973 by a global news agency Reuters.
Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA) document mentions floods of 1994 and 1998 in Vadodara as major floods.
So the floods continued to damage the city of Vadodara. Bloody geography, what else !
2005 flood in Vadodara
There was 445 MM rainfall in the month of June 2005 which was never before in this month since 1901, barring just the year 1976 when it was 527.2 mm in June as per the data available from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD report says, ‘During the 2005 monsoon season, as many as 11 low-pressure areas formed over the Indian region, 8 over the Bay of Bengal, 2 over the Arabian Sea, and 1 over land. The systems that formed over the Bay of Bengal followed almost a normal track along the monsoon trough across central India and adjoining Gangetic Plains. These systems resulted in persistent rainfall activity leading to flooding over Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, and interior parts of Karnataka. Out of these low-pressure areas, five developed into monsoon depressions and one into a cyclonic storm. It was for the first time after 1997 that a low-pressure system intensified into a cyclonic storm during September.’
As per the VUDA report, Vishvamatri was carrying water to the tune of 2.5 times than its capacity in the 2005 flood and thus swelling and spreading water over large parts of the city. This flooding had an impact on the economy and infrastructure of the city causing major damage to life and property. The tangible losses pegged to more than 1100 crores.
On June 26-27, Vadodara and surrounding areas received significant monsoon rains. According to a news report in Sandesh daily, the rainfall in 24 hours that brought flood was 297 mm(11.69 mm).
The news report on 2nd July in a local daily stated the Vishwamitri was overflowing five ft above the danger level of 26 ft. Dhadhar was also flowing at high level. Four columns of Army were deployed in Vadodara along with a helicopter of the Indian Air Force. The Ahmedabad – Vadodara Expressway was shut for traffic due to a breach on the bridge over the river Mahisagar. Seven villages were vacated due to a breach in Pratappura sarovar. They were Shankarpura, Bodindra, Jarod, Paldi, Hansapura, Pratappura and Panch Devla. 12 inch rainfall overnight was witnessed at Pratappura and its catchment area. Four years ago in 2001 also a 100 meter breach was witnessed in Pratappura. The latest breach was reportedly as same place. Due to previous breach, the level in Pratappura was restricted to 227 ft but overnight 12 inch rainfall in upstream area resulted into level of Pratappura reaching 131 ft.
2nd July report of daily states that people were holed up in their homes for nearly a week. Water receded from several areas of the city on Saturday(2 July), but the situation remained far from normal in Nizampura, Sama Road, Chhani, and Gorwa, where knee-deep water persisted even 48 hours after the rain had stopped. A total of 25,000 people were evacuated. The Vishwamitri River was flowing at 31.6 ft, while Ajwa was at 214 ft and Pratappura at 224 ft on Saturday morning. The Vishwamitri bridge, closed for two days (June 30 and July 1), was reopened to commuters. Water had started receding from the main roads in Sayajigunj, Fatehgunj, Gotri, Subhanpura, Old Padra Road, Manjalpur, and Race Course Road, among others.
Opposition leader and BJP chief L.K. Advani was forced to cancel his aerial tour of Vadodara due to bad weather. The district collector reported that the last 24 hours of rain had raised the water level in the Dhadhar River, which could obstruct the drainage of the Vishwamitri River. Residents of Munj Mahuda broke into district collector Rajiv Topno’s office, complaining to Minister of State for Home Amit Shah and Energy Minister Saurabh Patel that no officials had visited them despite multiple requests, and they had yet to receive any food packets. Congress leader Bhikhabhai Rabari objected to Amit Shah’s comment that they had entered the collector’s office along with affected residents and media to create a scene. Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil visited the flood-hit areas of Gujarat on July 2nd and announced an initial relief assistance of ₹500 crore from the Centre for 18 flood-ravaged districts of the state.
Vadodara district in June 2005 received 445.2 mm rainfall which was the highest rainfall in the month of June ever received by this district in available records of 124 years. The rainfall of July was – 374.1 mm, August 173.4 mm and September was 356.9 mm. Panchmahal on the other side in June 2005 received 169.4 mm and in July 393.4 mm rainfall.
Exact details of day-wise and taluka/city-wise rainfall of 2005 flood of Vadodara are unavailable, and therefore not much can be concluded based on the available data. The year 2005 flood in Vadodara didn’t attract much attraction because various districts of Gujarat were facing the flood fury at the same time, and Vadodara was not the only one, but just one of them. The reported level of water in Vishwamitri didn’t cross the 32 ft mark and therefore this flood was not as big as in 2014, 2019 or 2024.
Pratappura breach among 9 major dam breaches in India
It’s interesting to note that in the National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM)’s documentation on Dam leakage, breaching and disaster management (2023), Pratappura dam’s failure in 2005 is described as one of 9 major dam breaches in India. The list includes Kaddam (1957), Panshet (1961), Khadakwasla (1961), Chikkhole (1962), Nanak Sagar (1967), Kodaganar Dam(1977), Machchu Dam(1979), Pratappura Dam (2005) and Tiware Dam (2019).
Here’s the full text of the report in reference to Pratappura breach of 2005:
Pratappura dam Vadodara (Gujarat) Failure, 2005 The Pratappura dam also known as the Pratapsingh Tank, is basically a huge catchment area spread over 4040 acres of land. It consists of 7 gates in total. 4 gates out of the seven connect it to Sayaji Sarovar via canals, while
he other 3 gates connect to the vishwamitri river as shown in Fig. 1-14. The rain water from the surrounding Halol & Pavagadh areas is stored in this catchment area. In case of emergency, when Ajwa reservoir is full, the excess water from the pratappura dam is sent off to the Vishwamitri river.
A 50-metre-wide breach caused on Friday, 1st July 2005 by the Pratappura dam had severely inundated five villages in its vicinity besides letting a huge flow of water to flow into the city of Vadodara causing water logging in many low-lying areas. After conducting an extensive X-ray study of the reservoir, the administration took up measures to strengthen the dam.
Again, the breach in the reservoir was spotted on the 13th August 2012 morning and was only around four to f ive feet initially. However, by the next day, it had become around 25 feet wide. A new breach also appeared in the reservoir that was around 10 to 15 feet wide near the existing one. Officials said that the widening was expected given the fact that the reservoir is an earthen dam. The two separate breaches are now expected to become one with just a retaining wall that is around five feet wide separating them. However, the steady water discharge averted any flood-like situation in the city due to Vishwamitri into which the water is being discharged. There is no damage to crops and life in the areas around the reservoir. As per the officials, there was a possibility that the new soil that was put to repair the breach that took place in 2005 may not have bounded well with the one that was used in the original earthen dam built over 90 years ago.
In the next few articles of this series, we will revisit the floods of 2014, 2019 and 2024. Also, I will suggest some realistic and achievable possible measures that the people of Vadodara and the city managers can take both in the short-term and long-term. Before concluding this article.
I attach the figures of rainfall in Vadodara and Panchmahal from 1901 to 2010 that I have sourced from IMD below. Remember, when it comes to floods in Vadodara, one must have the data of both Vadodara and Panchmahal ready, because extremely heavy rain in short duration either side of Vishwamitri (Vadodara on West and Pavagadh-Halol on East) can trigger floods. DeshGujarat
(photographs attached in the article are from the Indian Air Force and belong to the 2005 Gujarat flood including Vadodara district and from not just only Vadodara city)
Author can be contacted on japanpathak @ gmail . com
Vadodara | ||||||
YEAR | ANNUAL | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT |
1901 | 885.6 | 17.6 | 259.6 | 558.1 | 30.4 | 13.0 |
1902 | 965.8 | 82.8 | 192.6 | 347.4 | 325.3 | 2.3 |
1903 | 1061.1 | 113.1 | 335.7 | 297.5 | 249.9 | 31.1 |
1904 | 802.4 | 68.4 | 227.5 | 131.5 | 294.6 | 0.0 |
1905 | 1039.3 | 11.9 | 779.7 | 62.3 | 185.4 | 0.0 |
1906 | 1105.7 | 189.1 | 251.8 | 448.1 | 203.4 | 2.1 |
1907 | 651.1 | 69.6 | 215.9 | 312.4 | 46.8 | 0.0 |
1908 | 1146.5 | 131.6 | 606.4 | 373.5 | 20.9 | 0.0 |
1909 | 912.3 | 95.1 | 479.8 | 177.7 | 143.1 | 0.0 |
1910 | 1694.3 | 291.7 | 559.2 | 603.6 | 89.0 | 60.1 |
1911 | 464.5 | 149.5 | 130.6 | 78.2 | 69.3 | 0.0 |
1912 | 1398.2 | 139.9 | 807.9 | 372.1 | 21.9 | 0.0 |
1913 | 1385.4 | 287.2 | 615.8 | 244.7 | 173.4 | 0.0 |
1914 | 1277.7 | 253.6 | 539.3 | 193.3 | 275.9 | 7.9 |
1915 | 1053.8 | 186.5 | 151.3 | 317.6 | 77.2 | 224.4 |
1916 | 1268.6 | 228.8 | 115.9 | 606.6 | 207.3 | 31.5 |
1917 | 1853.2 | 161.9 | 301.2 | 619.2 | 519.6 | 217.6 |
1918 | ||||||
1919 | 1368.8 | 179.2 | 390.3 | 596.8 | 150.7 | 39.8 |
1921 | 1376.5 | 70.1 | 467.1 | 236.3 | 599.4 | 0.0 |
1922 | 993.1 | 76.4 | 366.0 | 123.7 | 408.1 | 2.1 |
1923 | 648.5 | 1.5 | 346.3 | 172.6 | 118.9 | 0.0 |
1924 | 868.9 | 137.5 | 232.6 | 292.1 | 160.7 | 41.0 |
1925 | 664.2 | 325.6 | 234.4 | 80.1 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
1926 | 1098.6 | 6.0 | 267.9 | 480.9 | 324.3 | 0.0 |
1927 | 1569.2 | 197.6 | 1067.3 | 141.3 | 103.9 | 27.2 |
1928 | 812.8 | 83.4 | 288.9 | 289.5 | 115.0 | 23.8 |
1929 | 634.7 | 196.9 | 280.9 | 99.9 | 13.5 | 7.9 |
1930 | 1016.4 | 147.8 | 425.0 | 158.4 | 176.7 | 102.8 |
1931 | 1220.3 | 40.8 | 344.6 | 594.2 | 117.0 | 116.8 |
1932 | 984.0 | 39.2 | 521.6 | 139.0 | 240.6 | 42.4 |
1933 | 1245.3 | 150.7 | 291.8 | 507.1 | 234.0 | 3.0 |
1934 | 925.7 | 204.2 | 228.4 | 365.0 | 98.3 | 0.0 |
1935 | 908.0 | 87.8 | 445.9 | 162.3 | 198.3 | 8.3 |
1936 | 677.0 | 247.9 | 110.0 | 33.8 | 226.2 | 2.2 |
1937 | 1067.3 | 172.8 | 537.3 | 24.8 | 316.7 | 9.3 |
1938 | 788.4 | 252.8 | 368.8 | 82.9 | 14.9 | 46.8 |
1939 | 554.8 | 26.2 | 199.3 | 235.2 | 83.8 | 5.8 |
1940 | 946.1 | 195.8 | 213.0 | 242.9 | 88.7 | 161.1 |
1941 | 913.0 | 22.1 | 629.1 | 201.4 | 48.1 | 10.1 |
1942 | 1164.6 | 121.5 | 484.2 | 429.5 | 115.3 | 0.0 |
1943 | 885.5 | 136.3 | 380.0 | 86.9 | 214.8 | 56.6 |
1944 | 1324.6 | 89.4 | 618.1 | 472.3 | 98.7 | 19.1 |
1945 | 1579.3 | 213.3 | 574.3 | 257.1 | 524.7 | 3.3 |
1946 | 1059.4 | 243.0 | 334.7 | 361.7 | 59.6 | 0.1 |
1947 | 954.3 | 5.2 | 255.1 | 272.4 | 346.8 | 12.3 |
1948 | 431.4 | 42.3 | 161.1 | 111.0 | 73.3 | 18.2 |
1949 | 964.6 | 13.8 | 330.4 | 218.4 | 369.8 | 24.8 |
1950 | 1366.1 | 2.4 | 970.0 | 80.1 | 313.6 | 0.0 |
1951 | 520.5 | 58.5 | 215.8 | 234.7 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
1952 | 831.8 | 114.4 | 533.5 | 171.2 | 12.6 | 0.0 |
1953 | 1080.0 | 143.4 | 198.2 | 609.5 | 115.5 | 2.9 |
1954 | 1368.3 | 136.8 | 372.7 | 205.7 | 548.6 | 94.6 |
1955 | 1106.8 | 127.8 | 109.7 | 537.9 | 271.9 | 57.7 |
1956 | 1413.6 | 58.5 | 614.6 | 453.2 | 111.4 | 130.7 |
1957 | 729.7 | 192.2 | 329.1 | 162.9 | 19.2 | 3.3 |
1958 | 1301.7 | 165.8 | 354.8 | 287.9 | 374.0 | 99.4 |
1959 | 1671.7 | 127.3 | 641.5 | 377.6 | 431.4 | 89.9 |
1960 | 620.7 | 135.2 | 167.4 | 198.3 | 107.0 | 10.7 |
1961 | 924.4 | 171.6 | 326.0 | 196.8 | 222.4 | 3.5 |
1962 | 897.8 | 34.3 | 344.2 | 192.0 | 290.0 | 0.0 |
1963 | 964.2 | 51.7 | 250.6 | 399.6 | 169.1 | 50.9 |
1964 | 876.5 | 103.4 | 376.4 | 274.8 | 115.3 | 0.0 |
1965 | 673.3 | 0.0 | 444.4 | 198.6 | 23.2 | 0.0 |
1966 | 717.0 | 121.5 | 292.2 | 98.3 | 201.8 | 0.0 |
1967 | 1066.8 | 162.5 | 464.5 | 272.9 | 118.7 | 0.0 |
1968 | 666.9 | 6.6 | 286.6 | 292.6 | 70.9 | 7.9 |
1969 | 1220.9 | 162.3 | 385.9 | 228.5 | 413.6 | 0.0 |
1970 | 1522.9 | 281.8 | 289.5 | 533.1 | 405.3 | 7.1 |
1971 | 882.7 | 167.4 | 331.0 | 202.8 | 156.5 | 4.0 |
1972 | 558.7 | 54.0 | 305.1 | 179.1 | 19.9 | 0.2 |
1973 | 1261.5 | 111.6 | 276.1 | 419.0 | 440.5 | 13.0 |
1974 | 457.7 | 34.7 | 150.4 | 87.8 | 78.8 | 47.3 |
1975 | 1056.0 | 147.7 | 166.5 | 487.4 | 206.2 | 48.2 |
1976 | 1910.5 | 527.2 | 557.0 | 526.8 | 181.9 | 0.1 |
1977 | 1332.0 | 307.2 | 543.1 | 276.5 | 183.3 | 0.0 |
1978 | 1187.4 | 143.6 | 268.6 | 647.0 | 76.6 | 5.0 |
1979 | 886.1 | 134.2 | 192.2 | 357.0 | 52.1 | 2.0 |
1980 | 819.7 | 198.7 | 257.2 | 334.1 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
1981 | 1190.9 | 153.2 | 409.2 | 511.2 | 73.7 | 24.4 |
1982 | 686.4 | 29.1 | 174.2 | 332.0 | 13.7 | 3.1 |
1983 | 1238.1 | 151.5 | 404.5 | 395.1 | 191.5 | 84.8 |
1984 | 792.2 | 62.4 | 222.2 | 415.0 | 87.3 | 5.0 |
1985 | 627.7 | 19.7 | 275.7 | 127.3 | 27.6 | 174.9 |
1986 | 415.1 | 200.8 | 95.8 | 100.7 | 7.0 | 10.8 |
1987 | 409.1 | 66.8 | 123.3 | 189.2 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
1988 | 1060.8 | 81.5 | 494.5 | 239.1 | 241.8 | 3.9 |
1989 | 849.9 | 142.7 | 296.0 | 365.0 | 46.1 | 0.0 |
1990 | 1268.7 | 70.8 | 218.8 | 610.3 | 292.4 | 7.0 |
1991 | 32.5 | 436.5 | 0.0 | |||
1992 | 714.9 | 91.2 | 165.6 | 259.0 | 170.1 | 28.9 |
1993 | 857.8 | 111.5 | 543.1 | 68.0 | 115.3 | 19.5 |
1994 | 1288.3 | 277.8 | 351.5 | 260.7 | 385.2 | 0.6 |
1995 | 719.7 | 1.0 | 500.3 | 112.7 | 67.4 | 27.5 |
1996 | 1265.9 | 136.8 | 548.0 | 277.1 | 274.9 | 28.0 |
1997 | 1202.4 | 425.3 | 237.3 | 446.0 | 70.7 | 11.3 |
1998 | 1195.0 | 116.1 | 323.1 | 211.6 | 462.6 | 78.9 |
1999 | 535.8 | 94.3 | 197.3 | 47.6 | 85.6 | 102.5 |
2000 | 552.3 | 112.3 | 280.0 | 64.8 | 10.4 | 0.0 |
2001 | 952.3 | 281.5 | 297.7 | 302.7 | 24.0 | 46.0 |
2002 | 756.9 | 260.5 | 44.6 | 260.6 | 190.3 | 0.0 |
2003 | 1085.6 | 239.9 | 402.4 | 312.8 | 126.7 | 0.0 |
2004 | 1003.1 | 102.3 | 275.4 | 561.2 | 34.7 | 27.6 |
2005 | 1356.4 | 445.2 | 374.1 | 173.4 | 356.9 | 6.4 |
2006 | 1648.1 | 94.0 | 682.6 | 703.8 | 155.1 | 12.7 |
2007 | 1152.4 | 121.3 | 526.1 | 240.4 | 262.8 | 0.0 |
2008 | 896.0 | 35.1 | 270.3 | 369.8 | 211.6 | 7.6 |
2009 | 539.3 | 14.9 | 316.8 | 123.7 | 38.1 | 32.2 |
2010 | 985.5 | 46.3 | 300.4 | 399.3 | 213.5 | 1.5 |
Panchmahal | ||||||
YEAR | ANNUAL | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT |
1901 | 725.5 | 86.1 | 263.5 | 339.2 | 17.0 | 12.1 |
1902 | 879.1 | 36.4 | 176.7 | 311.3 | 333.1 | 1.0 |
1903 | 853.5 | 26.7 | 386.9 | 220.4 | 196.6 | 0.0 |
1904 | 703.0 | 128.7 | 230.3 | 84.4 | 209.3 | 0.2 |
1905 | 1023.9 | 25.3 | 785.4 | 34.7 | 175.0 | 0.0 |
1906 | 1141.9 | 143.2 | 370.8 | 406.5 | 213.8 | 3.0 |
1907 | 856.6 | 55.7 | 293.5 | 478.3 | 25.8 | 0.0 |
1908 | 1068.7 | 74.7 | 575.0 | 392.4 | 18.3 | 4.3 |
1909 | 949.1 | 117.5 | 456.6 | 223.8 | 129.4 | 0.7 |
1910 | 1293.6 | 333.2 | 548.3 | 333.9 | 31.8 | 23.8 |
1911 | 294.4 | 140.7 | 52.3 | 37.1 | 41.3 | 0.7 |
1912 | 1134.0 | 107.9 | 491.8 | 464.1 | 41.0 | 4.0 |
1913 | 1410.1 | 447.2 | 538.9 | 205.4 | 193.3 | 0.0 |
1914 | 1210.8 | 246.4 | 518.9 | 154.3 | 256.6 | 22.8 |
1915 | 613.6 | 145.3 | 118.0 | 137.8 | 29.1 | 141.8 |
1916 | 988.1 | 181.2 | 191.1 | 400.6 | 170.4 | 36.8 |
1917 | 1575.9 | 139.9 | 266.4 | 342.8 | 557.4 | 148.4 |
1918 | 361.0 | 53.4 | 62.3 | 201.9 | 19.0 | 0.0 |
1919 | 1094.2 | 106.8 | 319.2 | 530.3 | 77.2 | 40.4 |
1920 | 710.8 | 245.1 | 278.9 | 99.2 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
1921 | 1482.2 | 52.5 | 517.8 | 244.8 | 667.1 | 0.0 |
1922 | 858.7 | 130.1 | 307.6 | 118.1 | 291.1 | 0.1 |
1923 | 536.8 | 0.0 | 257.7 | 170.6 | 93.2 | 0.0 |
1924 | 1114.2 | 178.3 | 317.5 | 328.0 | 250.6 | 38.6 |
1925 | 569.7 | 169.1 | 308.6 | 69.9 | 8.3 | 0.0 |
1926 | 1208.3 | 7.1 | 385.1 | 563.0 | 246.7 | 0.0 |
1927 | 2152.6 | 186.2 | 1478.5 | 248.9 | 154.2 | 55.1 |
1928 | 1069.1 | 141.9 | 448.9 | 324.8 | 123.8 | 5.9 |
1929 | 790.6 | 166.4 | 421.9 | 186.5 | 8.0 | 1.4 |
1930 | 1305.0 | 53.6 | 628.1 | 336.8 | 181.8 | 104.1 |
1931 | 1435.7 | 6.1 | 296.2 | 803.8 | 115.4 | 205.1 |
1932 | 935.6 | 104.4 | 492.0 | 186.1 | 141.2 | 9.7 |
1933 | 1284.9 | 118.5 | 285.3 | 622.5 | 213.0 | 4.5 |
1934 | 1191.0 | 203.7 | 218.2 | 558.7 | 182.3 | 0.0 |
1935 | 1034.0 | 77.2 | 466.6 | 137.8 | 328.9 | 8.7 |
1936 | 647.4 | 230.2 | 137.5 | 28.5 | 191.1 | 0.2 |
1937 | 1361.3 | 155.3 | 663.9 | 19.6 | 515.1 | 5.3 |
1938 | 838.0 | 266.0 | 401.7 | 90.6 | 16.5 | 36.4 |
1939 | 660.8 | 43.7 | 159.3 | 294.1 | 162.1 | 0.0 |
1940 | 842.1 | US.9 | 244.6 | 260.4 | 94.7 | 58.9 |
1941 | 1170.6 | 21.9 | 734.1 | 337.7 | 66.3 | 0.3 |
1942 | 1670.4 | 130.2 | 651.4 | 583.9 | 274.3 | 0.0 |
1943 | 1118.2 | 256.0 | 520.6 | 120.7 | 194.2 | 16.3 |
1944 | 1338.8 | 112.0 | 578.9 | 515.9 | 98.3 | 20.7 |
1945 | 1415.2 | 139.6 | 482.2 | 234.8 | 550.7 | 0.2 |
1946 | 1278.2 | 230.1 | 376.9 | 532.2 | 109.6 | 0.0 |
1947 | 1055.0 | 0.6 | 373.3 | 279.1 | 369.7 | 16.2 |
1948 | 720.2 | 104.6 | 324.0 | 127.5 | 108.9 | 8.9 |
1949 | 1009.4 | 28.8 | 365.9 | 306.8 | 285.9 | 18.5 |
1950 | 1277.3 | 3.6 | 891.7 | 66.3 | 315.8 | 0.0 |
1951 | 518.0 | 80.7 | 251.7 | 173.4 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
1952 | 923.5 | 94.1 | 631.1 | 189.6 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
1953 | 1006.0 | 106.0 | 122.5 | 663.8 | 90.1 | 0.1 |
1954 | 1328.6 | 119.2 | 264.6 | 302.7 | 513.6 | 119.1 |
1955 | 1045.0 | 98.6 | 98.4 | 493.1 | 309.4 | 43.6 |
1956 | 1400.0 | 72.1 | 636.8 | 370.4 | 167.7 | 124.6 |
1957 | 890.5 | 237.2 | 368.1 | 231.1 | 3.2 | 22.6 |
1958 | 1196.3 | 145.9 | 330.0 | 316.5 | 335.1 | 56.0 |
1959 | 1441.4 | 96.2 | 518.8 | 323.4 | 443.7 | 57.1 |
1960 | 531.6 | 110.6 | 107.5 | 212.0 | 99.7 | 1.7 |
1961 | 1090.2 | 121.8 | 490.1 | 185.4 | 288.6 | 4.3 |
1962 | 1020.8 | 42.3 | 247.7 | 273.5 | 399.6 | 0.0 |
1963 | 994.1 | 30.8 | 274.0 | 394.6 | 199.9 | 58.5 |
1964 | 715.2 | 75.8 | 262.9 | 244.9 | 114.0 | 0.0 |
1965 | 487.3 | 0.5 | 293.9 | 162.6 | 25.7 | 0.0 |
1966 | 506.0 | 75.1 | 251.8 | 60.8 | 117.5 | 0.0 |
1967 | 938.7 | 137.8 | 345.1 | 265.7 | 131.1 | 0.0 |
1968 | 630.1 | 11.6 | 293.9 | 251.2 | 71.1 | 1.4 |
1969 | 925.6 | 112.0 | 300.2 | 196.0 | 306.2 | 0.0 |
1970 | 1093.2 | 233.6 | 255.3 | 284.6 | 310.7 | 4.0 |
1971 | 701.7 | 188.9 | 211.7 | 151.9 | 130.4 | 2.6 |
1972 | 526.6 | 88.6 | 185.7 | 226.7 | 24.9 | 0.0 |
1973 | 1611.7 | 127.8 | 318.3 | 579.7 | 580.9 | 4.8 |
1974 | 435.9 | 21.8 | 170.5 | 80.3 | 49.6 | 31.6 |
1975 | 1079.7 | 129.4 | 226.3 | 401.7 | 277.0 | 45.2 |
1976 | 2222.5 | 564.4 | 778.3 | 652.5 | 124.9 | 0.0 |
1977 | 1532.3 | 288.9 | 531.7 | 428.0 | 260.6 | 0.0 |
1978 | 1251.6 | 128.5 | 259.8 | 772.0 | 57.8 | 8.8 |
1979 | 842.9 | 101.0 | 192.5 | 387.5 | 38.2 | 10.1 |
1980 | 911.5 | 259.7 | 229.8 | 381.8 | 19.0 | 0.8 |
1981 | 1082.1 | 104.1 | 332.0 | 516.1 | 81.9 | 29.4 |
1982 | 738.0 | 17.4 | 213.4 | 297.1 | 26.2 | 14.9 |
1983 | 1186.5 | 127.3 | 310.7 | 431.9 | 235.0 | 69.3 |
1984 | 799.9 | 23.3 | 168.9 | 549.3 | 58.1 | 0.3 |
1985 | 472.3 | 4.5 | 218.5 | 92.5 | 10.6 | 146.2 |
1986 | 482.3 | 122.3 | 183.6 | 165.5 | 5.5 | 1.7 |
1987 | 437.4 | 58.5 | 62.4 | 285.9 | 4.5 | 12.9 |
1988 | 934.0 | 74.8 | 402.2 | 277.0 | 172.2 | 7.9 |
1989 | 994.3 | 102.9 | 330.8 | 486.1 | 73.5 | 0.8 |
1990 | 1472.1 | 148.5 | 308.8 | 742.2 | 221.8 | 3.7 |
1992 | 720.7 | 49.8 | 191.3 | 251.7 | 161.1 | 52.9 |
1993 | 876.4 | 120.2 | 597.5 | 58.2 | 82.1 | 15.7 |
1994 | 1398.4 | 214.8 | 392.4 | 369.3 | 410.3 | 0.0 |
1995 | 630.3 | 7.7 | 430.9 | 113.5 | 59.7 | 16.0 |
1996 | 1167.0 | 98.3 | 501.3 | 305.1 | 217.8 | 43.1 |
1997 | 1163.1 | 287.2 | 235.9 | 553.6 | 69.2 | 0.0 |
1998 | 991.8 | 57.0 | 279.3 | 155.1 | 420.0 | 77.1 |
1999 | 292.0 | 197.3 | 68.0 | 35.5 | ||
2001 | 675.4 | 209.1 | 190.9 | 255.9 | 2.2 | 17.3 |
2002 | 669.1 | 198.3 | 64.9 | 269.7 | 136.2 | 0.0 |
2003 | 1090.5 | 173.9 | 475.6 | 332.6 | 98.0 | 0.0 |
2004 | 1044.5 | 80.4 | 230.6 | 696.8 | 17.6 | 19.1 |
2005 | 1013.0 | 169.4 | 393.9 | 148.5 | 300.8 | 0.0 |
2006 | 1410.7 | 86.1 | 461.4 | 737.8 | 114.1 | 11.3 |
2007 | 1011.3 | 46.0 | 481.8 | 314.6 | 167.9 | 0.0 |
2008 | 733.8 | 53.9 | 203.9 | 341.7 | 126.3 | 5.8 |
2009 | 513.0 | 24.1 | 241.0 | 162.3 | 54.9 | 14.0 |
2010 | 930.1 | 58.7 | 207.9 | 468.0 | 190.9 | 0.7 |
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