Within 10 days, Jamnagar battered again by 188mm rain in 12 hours

Rajkot: Flood-battered Jamnagar district was again pounded by heavy rains on Thursday within a span of 10 days, with Jodiya taluka receiving nearly 188 mm rainfall till the evening.
According to district administration, the taluka received 128 mm rain in just two hours between 6am and 8am and another 41mm between 10am and noon, altogether adding up to 188 mm rainfall in one day.The incessant downpour left low-lying areas submerged with rain water gushing into houses already ravaged by the earlier episode of flooding due to excessive rainfall 10 days ago.
Heavy rain also led to water overflowing from Aji 4 dam near Tarana village of Jodiya taluka and Aji 3 dam near Khajurdi village of Padadhri taluka. With water level in Aji 3 dam brimming in its full capacity of 53 metres, two gates of the dam have been opened. The district administration issued flood warning for villages of Jodiya taluka including Bodka, Jashapar, Jiragadh, Meghpar, Rasnar, Timbdi and villages of Dhrol talukas like Modpar, Dharampur, Sagadiya.
Water level in Aji 4 dam too has reached 19.5m, while its total capacity is 20.4m. The district administration has opened three gates of this dam and have kept villages coming under this dam including Balambha, Ranjitpar, Hirpara, Morana, Tarana, Madhapar, Sampar, Jamsar on alert.
The Rangmati dam of Changa village in Jamnagar has also reached to its fullest capacity. District collector of Jamnagar, P S Zamsingh said, “There is no report of any damage or injury, there is water logging because of heavy rain in Jodiya. Our team is on the alert and SDRF and NDRF have also been alerted.”
Nakhatrana and Rapar talukas of Kutch district also reported heavy rains since Thursday morning.
In Rapar, lightning damaged a temple in Bela village and a house in Nilpar village. According to locals, heavy rain has also caused waterlogging on Naliya-Nakhatrana road leading to traffic jam. Anjar Mundra, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Lakhpat and Mandvi talukas of the district also received rain.
Traffic was affected between Nakhatrana and Kotda after local river near Kotda breached its banks. Agricultural land submerged in various villages of Nakhatrana and led to heavy damage of pomegranate trees. Many local rivers in Mandvi and Nakhatrana too were overflowing resulting in flooding of roads.
Rain drenches Rajkot city too
The city sky remained overcast since Thursday morning while it started to rain heavily after 3pm. The evening rain threw normal life out of gear at many places while it also flooded several major roads like Yagnik road and Kalavad road. Because of the heavy rains in Jamnagar, Rajkot district administration has alerted villagers of Padadhri taluka not to venture in the river belt and have also kept rescue teams on alert.