Gujarat rainfall: Red alert in some parts today
For Tuesday, the Met department has issued a red alert against heavy to very heavy rain with isolated extremely heavy showers very likely in the districts of Bharuch and Surat.
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NDRF teams rescue students at Dolvan taluka in Tapi district after water entered the premises of Panchal Ashram School Monday. (Express Photo)Gujarat has been again witnessing rainfall from Sunday evening after a brief halt over the weekend. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert against extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall on September 2 and 3, in addition to heavy rainfall between September 2-5 in various parts of the state. On Monday, Bharuch city recorded 120 mm rain between 4 pm and 6 pm, officials said.
“Heavy rain is very likely (expected) at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region, namely, Panchmahal, Dahod, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad, in the Saurashtra districts of Amreli and Bhavnagar,” IMD stated Monday.
For Tuesday, the Met department has issued a red alert against heavy to very heavy rain with isolated extremely heavy showers very likely in the districts of Bharuch and Surat.
Also, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Tapi, Navsari and Valsad are under an orange alert on Tuesday as heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in these districts.
An orange alert has been issued for Banaskantha, Navsari and Valsad, and Kutch on Tuesday, in addition to forecasts of light to moderate rainfall across the state.
The Met department has attributed the return of the rain to a “monsoon trough that passes through Jaisalmer, Raisen, Chhindwara, a centre of depression over East Vidarbha and adjoining Telangana, Machilipatnam and thence south eastwards to east central Bay of Bengal” along with “an off-shore trough at mean sea level that runs along south Gujarat to north Kerala coast”.
As the monsoon showers returned on Monday, at least 105 talukas received rainfall with Songadh in Tapi recording the highest at 208 mm between 6 am and 4 pm.
Vyara in Tapi received 195 mm rainfall. Other talukas that witnessed heavy rainfall during this period include Vaghai (191 mm) in Dang, Uchchhal (167 mm) and Dolvan (161 mm) in Tapi, Dang (107 mm), Lunawada (55 mm) in Mahisagar, Vansda (166 mm) in Navsari, Morwa Hadaf (59 mm) in Panchmahal, Valod (84 mm) in Tapi, and Mandvi (65 mm) in Surat.
In the past 24 hours ending Monday 6 am, Bodeli, Chhota Udepur and Nasvadi of Chhota Udepur recorded 60 mm, 28 mm and 25 mm, respectively.
“Bharuch city got 120 mm between 4 pm and 6 pm. Purna and Ambika rivers in Navsari district were flowing above the danger mark and a high alert has been sounded. These are among 10 rivers and 132 reservoirs that are flowing above danger mark in the state,” an official said.
In an update, the state government said 132 reservoirs are on ‘high alert’, while 10 rivers are overflowing. The water in the state’s 206 reservoirs stands at 79 per cent of their total capacity, as per the update.
-With PTI inputs
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