Gale uproots trees, lightning kills one

Vadodara: As Nisarga cyclone is likely to hit parts of south Gujarat, its effects were felt in central Gujarat districts as well.
Vadodara city witnessed winds at a speed of 46 kilometres per hour on Tuesday afternoon. Seven trees were uprooted due to high winds in areas such as Ellora Park, Old Chhani road, Gorwa, Karelibaug, Manjalpur and New Sama road.Many hoardings also collapsed in different areas.
Citizens also got some relief from the heat as the maximum temperature dropped to 37.7 degrees from 40 degrees which was recorded on Sunday. The city, however, remained dry even as the clouds hovered over. In Vadodara district only Savli taluka received 1 mm of rainfall, but due to lightening one person identified as Andaarsinh Parmar died another man Kirit Parmar was injured.
The district collector Shalini Agrawal too held a meeting with senior officials of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Indian Army to cope with upcoming monsoon in the middle of Covid-19 pandemic. Officials deliberated over forming of groups of personnel for rescue of people and patients kept at isolation centres and quarantine centres.
Other districts in central Gujarat too remained dry. But as parts of neighbouring Madhya Pradesh received some rainfall, rivers in Chhota Udepur and Dahod received fresh waters.