Heavy rains in Gujarat’s Saurashtra; bridge in Junagadh caves in
Ahmedabad: Heavy rainfall continued in a number of elements of Saurashtra area on Monday, inflicting flood- like state of affairs in some areas a day after Khambhalia taluka in Devbhoomi Dwarka district obtained 487 mm downpour, officers mentioned.
A staff of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) was deployed at Khambhalia on Monday to satisfy rain-related exigencies within the space, they mentioned. An almost 30-year-old bridge over a river in Junagadh district caved in, a neighborhood official mentioned, including that nobody was injured.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned the monsoon stays vigorous and heavy to very heavy rainfall is probably going in elements of Saurashtra and North and South Gujarat in subsequent three days.
Khambhalia obtained 487 mm rainfall (extraordinarily heavy) within the 24 hours ending Sunday midnight, the best for a taluka in a single day through the present monsoon season.
Besides, the talukas of Kalyanpur and Dwarka in the identical district additionally obtained very heavy rainfall at 355 mm and 272 mm, respectively, throughout the identical interval, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) mentioned.
It alerted the administrations of assorted districts to stay ready for any emergency state of affairs. On Monday, Khambhalia obtained 71 mm rain between 6 am and a couple of pm, inflicting water-logging in lots of areas there.
Besides, elements of Jamnagar, Rajkot, Amreli, Gir Somnath and Jamnagar in Saurashtra area additionally obtained heavy rainfall since morning, the SEOC mentioned.
Kalavad taluka in Jamnagar district obtained 146 mm rainfall between 6 am and a couple of pm on Monday, Rajkot taluka (in Rajkot district)-86 mm, Paddhari (Rajkot)-77 mm, and Dhrol (Jamnagar)-71 mm throughout the identical interval, it mentioned.
An almost three-decade-old masonry bridge over Sabli river in Keshod taluka of Junagadh caved in after heavy rain on Monday, inflicting hardships to locals.
Junagadh District Development Officer Praveen Chaudhary mentioned the bridge was constructed in 1991 and was used solely by locals.
“The bridge was already old and heavy vehicles were prohibited from plying on it. A warning sign was also placed near it as it was already damaged. Nobody was injured after it caved in,” he mentioned.
After heavy rains on Monday, elements of a number of districts within the Saurashtra area had been water-logged, inflicting inconvenience to residents. Roads and agricultural fields had been flooded in lots of districts because of the rainfall, official mentioned.
Some monsoon rivers within the area had been in spate and the Droneshwar dam in Gir Somnath overflowed, they mentioned.
On Sunday, many elements of Saurashtra obtained heavy to very heavy rainfall, with remoted elements additionally getting extraordinarily heavy rains, as monsoon remained “vigorous” over the area, IMD’s Ahmedabad centre mentioned in a launch.
The low stress space fashioned over Kutch and neighbourhood on Sunday now lies as a “well-marked low pressure area” over Saurashtra and neighbourhood, it mentioned.
The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over the following three days at remoted locations in Devbhoomi Dwarka, different districts in Saurashtra and in elements of North and South Gujarat.
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