Gandhinagar, 7 September, 2011 In the wake of incessant heavy rains in the Saurashtra & Kutch and south Gujarat regions rains for the last few days, Gujarat Government has asked all the departments concerned and particularly Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) to spare no efforts in rescue and relief operations. The Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister Narendra Modi at its emergency review meeting here today suggested a number of measures. Giving detai...Read More

Bhuj/Jamnagar, 6 September, 2011 It's flood like situation in Bhuj after continuous 10-inch rain due to well-mark low pressure system over Saurashtra, Kutch and adjoining areas. Gandhinagar based Disaster Management Authority has moved a team of NDRF to Bhuj for relief work. SRP team has been moved from nearby Bhachau. Due to breach in Hamirsar lake's wall, water is flowing in surrounding areas. A road to Hamirsar has been closed for common people. Meanwhile Bhuj-Nakhatra...Read More

Jamnagar, 6 September, 2011 Eight villages of Kalyanpur and Dwarka talukas of Jamnagar district were alerted for possible situation of flood on Tuesday after two gates of Sani dam broke open. Due to breach in the dam, the villagers were so angry that they pushed and threw a Jeep car of irrigation department official into the dam. Villagers were angry because Sani dam's 10-number gate that broke open today was actually repaired just three months back at a cost of over Rs. 1 c...Read More

Bhuj, 6 September, 2011 Bhuj's Hamirsar lake has started overflowing following heavy rain in Bhuj and in entire district since yesterday. Bhuj experienced 8 inch rain in 8 hours today. 9 dams are now overflowing in the district. Several areas of Bhuj and Madhapar are water logged. In Gujarat’s Kutch district, a 500-year-old Hamirsar lake of capital town Bhuj is so important for locals that, they celebrate whenever this lake overflows during monsoon. The people of Bhuj town go o...Read More

Gandhinagar, 14 August, 2011 You can celebrate this. As DeshGujarat predicted yesterday, Gujarat's lifeline like Narmada dam has started overflowing. This has brought year-long relief to large area that is served by the waters of Narmada canal. According to state flood cell announcement the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has started overflowing on 14th of August 2011 morning. The amount of water being released is: Vatrak river 1000 cusec, Sarbarmati river 1500 cusec, Banas river...Read More

Gandhinagar, 13 August, 2011 Gujarat crossed 50% mark of total average seasonal rain during a year today morning. According to official rain data available the state's total average rain at 8.00 am on Saturday was 50.92%. While Saurashtra has received 60.87% rain, the South Gujarat region stands a 43.80%, Kutch 55.75%, East-central Gujarat 46.70% and north Gujarat 55.33%. Saurashtra's Rajkot district has so far received highest rain which is 76.46% of total annual average r...Read More

Gandhinagar, 13 August, 2011 With great amount of rains this week(still continuing), water level at Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam is now at 120.24 metres against its crest level of 121.92 metres. This means the dam was filled up to 94% of its total storage capacity according to officials. According to state Irrigation department official 40 dams including major dams like Wanakbori in central Gujarat, Bhadar in Rajkot and Brahmani in Surendranagar district have crossed 90% of the...Read More