Monsoon wreaks havoc in Gujarat, roads flooded after heavy rains, schools closed, 400 roads blocked
There has been heavy rain in the south and central districts of Gujarat. These include Chhota Udaipur, Dang, Narmada, Valsad, Navsari and Panchmahal. After the rain, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has talked to the collectors of these districts from the State Emergency Operation Center.
CM Patel was asked to immediately take the people living in the low line areas and kutcha houses of these areas to safer places. Along with this, instructions were also given to arrange food. In view of the heavy rains, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has ordered the closure of all its schools.
400 people have been shifted to Chhota Udaipur, 550 people in Navsari and 470 people in Valsad. Due to the possibility of heavy rains in Gujarat in the coming 2 days, more people are being shifted to safer places.
13 teams of NDRF, 16 teams of SDRF have been deployed in the rain affected areas. A platoon of SDRF has been deployed in Chhota Udaipur. Today 388 roads including State Highway and Panchayati Highway are closed due to heavy rains in South Gujarat and Central Gujarat.
Alert issued in many districts of Maharashtra
At the same time, an alert has been issued for rain in many districts of Maharashtra. The Indian Meteorological Department on Sunday issued a red and orange alert for heavy rains in many districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the next three days.
Alert in Chandrapur and Gadchiroli
The Regional Meteorological Center in Nagpur issued a red alert and said that very heavy rain is likely at isolated places in Chandrapur and Gadchiroli on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
According to the Regional Meteorological Center, there is a possibility of heavy rain at one or two places in Gondia, Nagpur, Wardha, Washim and Yavatmal districts of Vidarbha, due to which an orange alert has been issued. It has also issued an orange alert for parts of Akola, Buldhana and Washim, where heavy rains may occur on Tuesday and Wednesday.
