Gujarat rain: Two die by electric shock, vehicles stranded, travel disrupted

Mahendra’s brother-in-law Prem Thapa Bahadur informed the police and brought the body to New Civil Hospital where a post-mortem was carried out on Monday. A case of accidental death was lodged.

On Monday, 21-year-old factory worker Shabuddin Maulvi, a resident of Unn, was filling a water bottle on the first floor of Hojiwala Industrial estate in the Bhestan area when he was electrocuted. He was rushed to the New Civil hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

In another incident, the Surat fire department in Katargam’s Rashi circle rescued four of a family who were trapped in a car. They were identified as Urvin (47), his wife Ruta (43) and their two daughters. At Vesu, another vehicle, an ambulance carrying a dead body, was recovered from the flooded roads on the same day.

Fire officials received several complaints regarding uprooted trees (over 45 calls) and short-circuits.

The rain briefly stopped at night, but it continued to pour on Monday. Students and job-goers struggled to commute on Monday morning, even as rainwater seeped into houses in low-lying areas.

As per the district flood control room, Surat recorded 210 mm rain, Olpad 132 mm, Mangrol 84 mm, Umarpada 189 mm, Mandvi 147 mm, Kamrej 291 mm, Choryasi 96 mm, Palsana 321 mm, Bardoli 253 mm and Mahuva 148 mm.