Vadodara: In an effort to prevent a repeat of last year's devastating floods, the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has commenced the construction of a buffer lake at Dena village under the Vishwamitri Project. The groundbreaking ceremony for the lake, funded through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by JCB Yantraman company, was held on Monday, February 24. The city faced severe flooding on three occasions last year, particularly during July and August, with the most catastrophic even...Read More

Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is set to launch a major project to widen and deepen the Vishwamitri River, a crucial step in mitigating future flood risks. The project will encompass a 25-kilometer stretch of the riverbed, increasing its depth to 10 feet. A key aspect of this initiative involves the relocation of aquatic wildlife, including crocodiles and turtles protected under Schedule 1 of wildlife laws. The relocation effort has received the green light from the cent...Read More

Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has officially begun pre-project works on the ambitious Vishwamitri River Project, a critical initiative aimed at increasing the river's carrying capacity and mitigating the frequent flooding that disrupts the city and the district during the monsoon season. In response to the recurring floods, the VMC has as a pre-project procedure moved a fleet of 10 Pokland machines to the site to create the necessary slopes and access points along the riv...Read More

Japan K Pathak વડોદરાના પૂર અંગેની શ્રેણીનો આ તાજો લેખ ગુજરાતીમાં લખવાનું ધાર્યું છે, કારણકે આમાં જનસામાન્યએ જાણવા-સમજવાની ઘણી વાતો છે કે જે ગુજરાતી ભાષામાં મૂકવાથી સરળતાથી સમજાઇ શકે. અગાઉના આ શ્�...Read More

Japan K Pathak Extremely heavy rainfall of around 12.44 inches in Vadodara coupled with very heavy rainfall of 7.51 inches in Halol on August 26 brought flood to the city of Vadodara. This was a 37 ft height flood, much higher than the floods in 2005, 2014 and 2019 in the city that were below 35.50 ft (at Kalaghoda bridge in Vishwamitri river in Vadodara). Due to this 37 ft height the flood waters travelled to more areas of city in more volume. 23 August IMD forecast on August 23 clearly ga...Read More

Updates: -Two teams of National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) are deployed in Vadodara city. They arrived at the city command and control centre of Vadodara Municipal Corporation(VMC) in the evening. They shall move to the location where they are needed as per the directive. -Holiday is declared in all school students in VMC area on Monday, 30th September due to heavy rains. -IMD has upgraded its bulletin and declared Orange alert for the period of upto 8.30 am on Monday. Earlier it wa...Read More

(The artwork above was created during the 2019 floods by the talented young designer Harshshiv Solanki, based in Vadodara) Japan K Pathak The year 2019 flood in Vadodara was a 34.50 ft level flood, a half a ft more than the 34 ft flood witnessed in 2014 monsoon. The city witnessed unprecedental nearly 20 inches rainfall in less than a day period. There was lack of specific alert for this rainfall from the IMD in advance. Extremely heavy rains in the city, coupled with very heavy rainfall of 7....Read More