Heavy rain batters Saurashtra and South Gujarat; Amreli’s Rajula records 10 inches

In Amreli’s Savarkundla taluka, a 29-year-old woman from Giniya village died after the wall of a shed collapsed on her while she was preparing meals. Heavy rain and storms disrupted power supply to 2,804 villages.

To meet any emergency situation, 10 teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and 25 teams from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed in districts. In addition, four NDRF and eight SDRF teams have been kept in reserve for urgent needs.

Six dams on high alert

The surge in water has filled the Sardar Sarovar Dam to 65 per cent capacity, or 2.15 lakh Million Cubic Feet (MCFT). Across 206 other reservoirs, 2.09 lakh MCFT of water has been stored.

Two of the dams are 100 per cent full, 18 dams are more than 70 per cent full, 20 dams are more than 50 per cent full, 49 dams are more than 25 per cent full, and 117 dams are less than 25 per cent full.

Thus, six dams are on a high alert, while seven others have alerts and seven have “warning levels”.

In view of India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts, the government has advised fishermen not to venture into the sea until Thursday.

17% rain of seasonal average

Gujarat has 17 per cent of its total average rainfall for the season. The Saurashtra zone saw the highest rainfall at 23 per cent of the average, followed by South Gujarat at 20 per cent, East-Central Gujarat at 12 per cent, and North Gujarat at 10 per cent. The Kutch zone has recorded the lowest, at 0.42 per cent.

Since June 1, 777 people have been shifted to safer places from Navsari, Junagadh, Tapi, Dang, Gir Somnath, Porbandar, and Amreli districts, while 60 people trapped in flood waters have been successfully rescued across Gujarat, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre in Gandhinagar.