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Gujarat rains LIVE: Rajkot, Amreli, Porbandar districts continue to experience downpour

Gujarat rains live updates: Gujarat has already been prone to heavy floods this year and this will be the second time that the cities in the state will receive such intense rain.

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The southern districts of Gujarat such as Rajkot, Junagadh and Amreli continued to receive rain with some rivers flowing above safety limits. Aji river, which bisects the city of Rajkot, was flooded and led to waterlogging in many parts of the city. Water level in the Aji-I dam also increased significantly following rain in the catchment area. Dhoraji and Upleta talukas in the district received the most rainfall, 61 mm and 72 mm respectively.

In Amreli, which also received moderate rainfall since Tuesday, villages such as Mekda in Savarkundla taluka experienced flooding after an embankment burst due to increased water levels in Survo and Chhel rivers. Though the water is receding, there are widespread reports of damage to standing crops of cotton and groundnut. Soil has also been eroded. On Tuesday, talukas such as Savarkundla, Khambha and Rajula had got rainfall above 40 mm.

The weather department has forecast more rain till September 2 due to a depression over the state. “A well-marked low pressure area over south-west Madhya Pradesh and neighbouring areas along with an upper-air cyclonic circulation, which is likely to concentrate into a depression over Gujarat region and neighbouring areas” later today, the Indian Meteorological Department said. Officials hope that the depression, moving across Gujarat-Maharashtra border, will fizzle out by Thursday.

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In Junagadh, the intensity of rain decreased from Tuesday with some talukas like Keshod witnessing ‘flood-like’ situation. In the border district of Kutch, Anjar taluka received 107 mm from 6 am to 2 pm today followed by Abdasa (70 mm), Mundra (64 mm) and Gandhidham (23 mm). The Kodinar (72 mm), Sutrapara (63 mm) and Talala (43 mm) talukas in the coastal Gir Somnath district also got good rainfall. Porbandar and Botad districts also got heavy rainfall Wednesday. Meanwhile, in Bhavnagar, the intensity of rain decreased.

On Tuesday, the southern and Saurashtra districts of the state received heavy rainfall. Botad and Keshod taluka (Junagadh district) recorded the highest rainfall of 76.2 mm along with Malia (Junagadh), Mahua (Bhavnagar), Maliya Miyana (Morbi) and Kawant (Vadodara) receiving over 50.8 mm of rain till Tuesday evening. Quant (Chhota Udepur), Mangrol (Junagadh), Vaso (Kheda), Petlad (Anand) and Jetpur Pavi (Chhota Udepur) are among the top ten talukas to receive heavy rainfall. Gujarat has recorded 96.98 per cent average rainfall till August 29 this year. The Sukh-Bhadar river in Rajkot district has swelled in recent days cutting off villages like Nana Matra.

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Gujarat has already been prone to heavy floods this year and this will be the second time that the cities in the state will receive such intense rain. The state emergency operations centre said 39 reservoirs in the state are completely-filled, 31 are 99 per cent full and 17 have 80 to 90 per cent water.

(With inputs from Gopal Kateshiya)

First uploaded on: 30-08-2017 at 12:23 IST
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