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Heavy rainfall continued to lash southern Gujarat districts like Bharuch, Surat, Valsad and Navsari for the second consecutive day on Tuesday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy rain till September 9, mostly in the southern districts.
According to a report of the State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC) in Gandhinagar, during the last 24 hours ending 6 am on Tuesday, Valia taluka of Bharuch received 297 mm (12 inches) of rain.
Between 6 am and 6 pm, Valia recorded the highest in the state, at 156 mm, among the 187 talukas that received showers on Tuesday.
Bharuch’s Netrang taluka recorded 127 mm of rainfall, followed by Surat’s Umarpada (105 mm) and Valsad taluka in the district (104 mm) till 4 pm Other talukas that received heavy rainfall were Jotna (95 mm) in Mehsana, Vapi (85 mm) in Valsad, Palsana (77 mm) in Surat, Pardi (69 mm) in Valsad, Mangrol (66 mm) in Surat and Ropar (65 mm) in Kutch.
The IMD has issued an orange alert, a forecast of heavy to very heavy rain in Banaskantha, Bharuch, Surat, Tapi, Navsari and Valsad districts on Wednesday.
Also, the districts of Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Ahmedabad, Anand, Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Narmada and Dang as well as Surendranagar, Rajkot, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Gir Somnath and Botad in Saurashtra and Kutch are under a yellow alert — forecast of heavy rain — while light to moderate rainfall is expected in other parts of the state.