Gujarat rain : 10 dead as heavy rain batters Gujarat
Two persons died in wall collapse incidents at Kalol taluka in Gandhinagar, while one each died due to wall collapse in Kheda and Vadodara districts.
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Waterlogging in Vadodara on Tuesday. (Photo: Bhupendra Rana)At least 10 people have died in rain-related incidents in different parts of Gujarat, as heavy showers continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, throwing normal life out of gear and flooding low-lying areas. More than 15,000 people were evacuated and over 300 rescued in different districts as water levels in dams and rivers rose amid incessant rainfall.
According to the state relief department, seven persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents on Monday. Two persons died in wall collapse incidents at Kalol taluka in Gandhinagar, while one each died due to wall collapse in Kheda and Vadodara districts. One person died after a tree fell on him in Petlad village and two others drowned at Isarwada and Siswa villages in Anand district.
Moreover, the bodies of three persons — who were among the eight reported missing on Sunday night after the tractor-trailer they were travelling in was washed away in a flooded stream at Dhavana village in Morbi — were found on Tuesday, Morbi Collector K B Zaveri said. “Five more are missing and NDRF and SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) teams are conducting search and rescue operation,” he added.
Six columns of Army have been deployed in Devbhoomi Dwarka, Anand, Vadodara, Kheda and Morbi and Rajkot districts for rescue operations. Besides, 14 platoons of NDRF and 22 platoons of SDRF have been deployed, along with Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard teams.
As on Tuesday, electricity was affected in 1,018 villages and 636 roads, including 34 state highways. As many as 419 villages are without electricity supply in Saurashtra and Kutch regions. They include 196 villages in Jamnagar district, 51 in Surendranagar, 44 in Porbandar, 41 in Rajkot, 39 in Kutch, 32 in Rajkot, nine in Amreli, six in Junagadh and one in Bhavnagar.
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