Heavy rains lash out Gujarat again; IMD predicts extreme conditions at isolated places in Kutch by Thursday

Ahmedabad, August 28: Following severe heavy showers, lashing out some districts in Gujarat, a government department on Wednesday has revealed that the state has so far received 93.54 per cent of the average rain this monsoon season.

 

In 24 hours ending 6 am on Wednesday, the Chhota Udepur taluka in that district received 182 mm rain, the highest in the state during this period, followed by Pavi Jetpur taluka getting 162 mm and Kwant 159 mm, as per data released by the state emergency operation centre.

 

 

Besides, Halol taluka in Panchmahal district received 159 mm rainfall, Vijapur taluka in Mehsana got 115 mm rain, while Mehsana taluka got 106 mm downpour, it said. "As many as 187 out of 251 talukas of the state received rainfall during this period. With this, the state has so far received total 763.27 mm rainfall, or 93.54 per cent of the average annual rainfall at 810 mm", the data revealed.

 

The state's south zone however, has received the highest rainfall of the season at 107.02 per cent, followed by Kutch zone - 103.04 per cent, east central zone- 93.15 per cent and Saurashtra zone- 80.06 per cent.

 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has meanwhile predicted heavy rains at some places in Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana, Sabarkantha districts on Wednesday, with heavy to very heavy showers likely in Surendranagar, Morbi and Kutch. Besides, heavy rains are likely at isolated places in Banaskantha, Amreli, Bhavnagar and Kutch on Thursday, the IMD said.