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Rain cripples Gujarat, Maharashtra

Last Updated 02 August 2016, 20:20 IST

The Coast Guard and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were pressed into rescue operations as heavy rain lashed south and east-central Gujarat on Tuesday, while most parts of Maharashtra, too, received a pounding.

Three deaths due to drowning were reported from Bhagrawada village in coastal Valsad, Gujarat, and two others in Orsang river near Bodeli in Chhota Udepur district.

The coast guard rescued 28 people, while the NDRF team rescued another 106 people in Valsad.

Heavy rain in south Gujarat since Monday night has left Vapi and Valsad regions at the brink of a flood as many rivers are in spate. The local administration in Valsad, Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli region has already sounded an alert.

“About 10 am on August 2, 2016, the Indian Coast Guard Air Station Daman received telephonic information from Valsad Administration (Gujarat) regarding 10 people trapped on roof top near Valsad due to rise of water in Auranga river,” a coast guard press communiqué said.

“The coast guard Chetak helicopter was launched expeditiously within 15 minutes of receipt of information,” it added. The water level at Auranga river reached 11.5 metres, about a metre above the danger mark.

As many as 20 villages were cut off due to flooding in Ambika river in Dangs district, with reports of several bridges being damaged. The Vaghai-Saputara road that connects Gujarat to Maharashtra, too, was cut off due to landslides on Saputara ghat road, blocking traffic. Several cities and villages were marooned in Maharashtra on Tuesday as heavy rain pounded the coastal Konkan belt and Nashik and Satara districts.

Several temples in Ramkund area of Nashik were either fully or partially submerged. The rail traffic between Mumbai and New Delhi slowed down in the morning due to heavy rain. Tracks were also washed away at some places in Gujarat. The Tansa and Modak Sagar lakes in Thane district, that provides drinking water to Mumbai, have started overflowing.

Besides Mumbai, Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts received very heavy rainfall. More than 100 to 150 villages were marooned.

The worst-affected was Nashik district, where the Godavari was flowing in full force.
DH News Service

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(Published 02 August 2016, 20:20 IST)

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