Gujarat braces for heavy rains; red alert issued for multiple districts

Indian Express

a day ago

Parts of Gujarat were lashed by torrential showers on Tuesday, while coastal districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rains in the next two days as authorities devised relief and rescue plans to deal with any emergency situation even as red alert have been issued for multiple districts.
According to the data from the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), Dwarka and Kalyanpur in Devbhoomi Dwarka received 138 mm and 129 mm rainfall, respectively, in 12 hours between 6 am and 6 pm on Tuesday.
The weather department has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall across the entire state till August 25. A meeting of the weather watch group was held at SEOC, Gandhinagar on Tuesday to seek detailed information about the rain situation in Gujarat till next week.
Other talukas that received heavy rainfall on Tuesday included Mangrol in Junagadh recording 95 mm, Umergaon in Valsad 67 mm, Mandvi in Kutch 50 mm, Maliya Hatina in Junagadh 42 mm, Jamjodhpur in Jamnagar 41 mm, Nakhatrana in Kutch 32 mm, Bagasara in Amreli 29 mm, Vapi in Valsad 29 mm, Lakhpat in Kutch 23 mm, Una in Gir Somnath 23 mm, Vyara in Tapi 21 mm and Khambha in Amreli 21 mm.
The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert in Amreli, Bhavnagar, Surat, Navsari and Valsad districts on August 20 and 21 in Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar and Junagadh districts.
Meanwhile, a total of 12 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and 20 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams have been deployed in different districts to meet any emergency situation. In addition, one NDRF team has been kept in reserve and instructions have been issued to allocate one SDRF team for the Tarnetar fair being organised in Surendranagar district.
Out of the 206 reservoirs in the state, 61 reservoirs are on high alert, 27 reservoirs are on alert and 21 reservoirs are on warning level, stated the department.
The IMD has also issued an orange alert against heavy to very heavy rains in Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada, Bharuch, Dang and Tapi, Porbandar, Junagadh, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Gir Somnath on August 20 and Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Navsari, Valsad, Surendranagar, Jamnagar and Morbi on August 21. For August 22, an orange alert has been issued for the districts of Surendranagar, Jamnagar, Morbi, Dwarka and Kutch.