Gujarat floods: Heavy rainfall engulfs Navsari, Junagadh; one person missing | Top updates
flood-like situations in the multiple cities of the state. In Junagadh district, heavy rains displayed their fury with cars being washed away by rivers. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red, orange, and yellow alerts for various Gujarat districts till 24 July.
' "Junagadh received heavy rainfall today...Water in large amounts has entered the city...The people are safe, however, NDRF and SDRF teams are deployed there...," Gujarat Minister Raghavji Patel on flood-like situation in the city said. 1) Amid incessant rains hitting several parts of Gujarat, one person went missing in Navsari city on Saturday. The search is underway, as per the district administration.
2) “Navsari received heavy rains between 8 am and 12 am, leading to water logging in many parts of the city. Water has receded almost everywhere, but some low-lying areas are still waterlogged," an official said. 3) Vehicular movement was disrupted as water entered the engines of vehicles. Traffic snarled at National Highway 48 of Gujarat due to rain.
However, the vehicular movement resumed later. 4) "Due to heavy rains in Junagadh, CM Bhupendra Patel cancelled all his programs and called an emergency meeting at the collector's office. 4 municipal teams, 25,000 food packets and NDRF teams from Rajkot district are also being sent to Junagadh for relief and rescue work," Rajkot Collector Prabhav Joshi said.
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