Rajkot: Saurashtra finally received the gift of rain after waiting on Wednesday.
It began pouring past midnight in the field of making Tuesday and farmers full of excitement that blends with the failure of plants that will occur soon.
The sky was truly open with all my heart in Mangrol and Junagadh with Mangrol Taluka receiving rain of around 170 mm during the day on Wednesday and around 200mm rainfall on Tuesday night.
Talala, Veraval, Una, Gir Somnath, Kaylapnur and Kahmbhaliya Talukas from Devbhumi Dwarka District and Rajula and Jafrabad Talukas from Amreli Regency received heavy rain along with Bhavnagar and Kutch Regency as well.
Heavy rainfall caused a massive flood in the city and villages around it in Taluka Mangrol, said source.
Maliya and Talala Talukas reported getting 163mm rainfall respectively on Wednesday.
A large number of rainfall of around 100 to 125mm was also reported in Khambhaliya and Kalyanpur Talukas Devbhumi Dwarka and Gadhda and Veraval Talaval gears from the Somnath GIR district.
In the Rajkot district, Gondal Taluka received 100mm rainfall while the other Talukas Saurahtra received around 50 to 100 mm of rainfall during the day on Tuesday.
The source says that there is no news about the damage or loss of life or livestock that has been received so far, but the river and the pond is filled with fresh water.
Internal streets of the villages of Gir Somnath District must be closed during the day because of water logging.
According to sources, water floods in Junagadh-Somnath Highway slow down traffic on this route, while government is busy cleaning the road during the day.
The city of Gondal in the Rajkot district received significant rain during the day which resulted in flooding in the city.
Underpass connects the city with a national highway blocked because of water holes that lead to a big problem for passengers stranded after the state transportation bus depot is flooded.
The Rained Bhavnagar City during Monday night.
Significant rain was reported in Mahuva, Ghogha and Gariyadhar Talukas from the district.
Rain also attacked in Anjar, Gandhidham and Abdasa Talukas from Kutch.
Rain also wet Rajkot City since Tuesday night.
Intermittent shower and cloudy atmosphere force the vehicle to drive with headlights because of poor visibility.
Waterlogging was also reported in several areas such as a 150-foot ring road, Kalavad Road, University Road, Jawahar Road and Yagnik Road.
Thanks to the current mantra, Ahmedabad and Banaskantha are no longer in the “big deficiency” category, but rainfall there, along with 26 other districts, remain “less”.
Valsad in South Gujarat is the only district – from a total of 33 – to receive “normal” rainfall.
On Tuesday several parts of the country received heavy shower with Umergam and Vika Tehsil recording Valsad 399 mm and 200 mm rain.
(With PTI input)