Rajula (Amreli): The sand property of Dadu Koli at Chhatadiya village, four kilometers from Rajula city of Amreli, was completely flattened. The seven-member household has no roof over their head, however they aren’t lamenting. Rationale: seven, including three kids, saw death . After cyclone Tauktae began trickling into Rajula shore on May 18 nighttime, the Kolis had no inkling regarding its ferocity. They’d witnessed exceptionally heavy downpour and cyclonic winds and presumed that this too will pass. But once the winds gusting in 170kmph began spreading everything about themthey might just see death before the eyes. The roofing of the subway home suddenly withdrew, compounding their terror. As heavy rain started pounding the region, Koli, his three kids, parents and wife packed themselves under the bedstead. But water shortly started flooding their houseAt about 3am, seven gushed finally in a bathroom block recently constructed under the government’s plot at about 3am. For almost seven hours, then the Koli family stayed glued to one another within this little bath, which was be a lifetime saviour in their opinion. The household was in this a profound jolt visiting Tauktae’s savagery they refused to open the bathroom door after the storm had escalated from the afternoon. “The legs and hands of my kids had swelled since they had been relegated to us for almost seven hours. It was just about 10am that people gathered courage to start out up the door,” explained Koli, a plantation labourer.Koli’s dad Naja stated”That is the funniest cyclone I’ve observed in my own life. We’re a little terrified when storms started blowing hard, but since the speed decreased we got rested. Unexpectedly, the seriousness dropped so much that roofs around our home began blowing off.” His mom Devuben included,”We lost hope and feared that most people would perish. As a final resort, we hurried in the bathroom and toilet that was built with cement. This finally spared our lives” Virbhadra Dabhiya, sarpanch of the village explained,”Many households didn’t change to shield homes since they didn’t expect this kind of ferocious cyclone. We attempted to evacuate individuals in automobiles until 11pm on Monday but then it wasn’t possible as powerful winds began blowing off “
Toilet was Home Made refuge from Tauktae for Household
