In 24 hours till Monday morning, Bodeli and Kwant in Chhota Udepur received a record rainfall of 549 mm and 432 mm, respectively. Eleven other kutcha houses were also totally damaged, he added. Trivedi also said that a total of 25 houses were fully damaged this monsoon of which seven houses were damaged in the past 24 hours. Among those evacuated, 5,278 persons were from Chhota Udepur, most of whom have returned after the flood waters subsided, the minister said. The minister also said that of the 10,677 persons evacuated till now, 3,821 continue to be in rescue shelters. As per the information department of the Gujarat government, five inches of rain was recorded in six districts of Chhota Udepur, Dang, Narmada, Valsad, Navsari and Panchmahal on Sunday between 8 am and 6 pm. “Of the 508 people rescued so far (this monsoon), 468 persons were rescued in the past 24 hours,” the minister said, adding that 18 platoons for SDRF and an additional 18 platoons of NDRF were part of the rescue operations. “This takes the total animal deaths to 272,” he said. Revenue Minister Trivedi said that 264 animals perished between June 1 and July 9, while “only 8 animals” died in the psat 24 hours. The helicopter from Coast Guard air station at Daman airlifted them to safety. Some of them were perched on top of their inundated houses. The party also released four helpline numbers for people to seek help.Īhmedabad, which received 114 mm rain in four hours from 6 pm Sunday, saw the highest rainfall in posh areas of north west (227.89 mm) and south west (280.40 mm) and west ( 282.65mm) zones.Īccording to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) control room, in the past 24 hours, an average rainfall of of 8.58 inch or 218 mm was recorded in Ahmedabad, leading to water-logging in several residential societies in the city even as roads, underpasses and highways were submerged.Ī helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard rescued 16 persons stranded on the banks of a flooded Ambika river in Valsad district of South Gujarat. A party statement stated that Paatil asked them to provide food packets to the people in affected regions. Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil held a virtual meeting with over 400 party office-bearers to discuss the flood situation in their respective regions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the situation from Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel over phone and assured of all help from the Centre, including assistance from the NDRF. Thunderstorm and lightning have been forecast for Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Dahod, Panchmahal, Chhota Udepur, Vadodara, Daman, Dadara Nagar Haveli, Surendranagar, Morbi, Rajkot, Junagadh, Amreli, Gir Somnath, Botad, Kutch and Diu till Monday evening. Chhota Udepur and Valsad were the worst-hit districts in terms of rainfall and damage. According to state Revenue Minister Rajendra Trivedi, 63 people died in rain-related incidents since June 1.
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