Unseasonal rain likely to continue in Gujarat, crops suffer damage

CM Patel, in a post on his X account, said, “Ministers of the state have personally visited various affected areas to understand the condition of the farmers. The administration has very swiftly initiated the process of reviewing and surveying the crop damage. I am in constant coordination with ministers and officials in this regard.”

The CM further said, ‘Giving top priority to the interests of the people of the country, the state government will quickly announce a relief package in the coming days to help farmers with this loss’.

Due to unseasonal rains over the last week in various districts of the state, standing crops have suffered extensive damage.

The well-marked low pressure area weakened into a low pressure area in the Arabian Sea and moved north-northeastwards along with the cyclonic circulation, the IMD said on Sunday.

Though it is likely to continue to move north-northeastwards and become insignificant by Monday, the IMD has issued a forecast of light-to-moderate rains with thundershowers across Gujarat till Wednesday.

Adding another 10 per cent points to the average rainfall of the season, Gujarat has crossed 128 per cent average rainfall this season, as on Sunday.

As per the data maintained by the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), Gandhinagar, with 1130.27 mm rainfall, Gujarat’s rainfall share this season has been 128.17 per cent.

Till the withdrawal of the Southwest monsoon, Gujarat had recorded 118 per cent average rainfall of the season.

The Southwest monsoon withdrew completely from Gujarat on October 10. It got delayed because a cyclonic system developed in the Arabian Sea prior to Shakti. The normal date for complete withdrawal, as per the IMD, was October 5.

In the last 24 hours ending Sunday 5 pm, Porbandar received the highest of 72 mm rainfall followed by Dhandhuka in Ahmedabad (63 mm), Lodhika in Rajkot (41 mm), Sankheda in Chhota Udepur (39 mm) and Umrala in Bhavnagar (34 mm).

On Sunday, from 6 am till 4 pm, Dwarka in Devbhoomi Dwarka received 35 mm, Bhavnagar 22 mm, Maliya in Morbi, Vadali in Sabarkantha and Ghogha in Bhavnagar received 18 mm each.