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Red alert has been declared in Gujarat due to heavy rains. Meanwhile, Odisha and Karnataka are on orange alert. Yellow alert has been issued in 14 states including Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
The Meteorological Department has issued a warning of heavy rains in many states including the national capital Delhi. Red alert has been declared in Gujarat due to heavy rains. At the same time, Odisha and Karnataka are on orange alert. Yellow alert has been issued in about 14 states. When the Meteorological Department declares a red alert, the local people and the administration need to prepare in advance. Low-lying areas have been evacuated and people are not living in places where they may get trapped in a flood-like situation. Because it is released in case of heavy rains. At the same time, the orange alert says that be prepared for any situation, so that safe places can be reached if needed. Yellow alert advises people to be cautious and prepare accordingly.
A red alert has been issued in Gujarat amid the threat of floods. Delhi and Uttar Pradesh are on yellow alert. Delhi is likely to have mostly cloudy sky with moderate rainfall.
Alert in Himachal Pradesh
The Himachal Meteorological Department on Thursday issued a yellow alert for heavy rain, thunderstorms and lightning at various places in 10 of the 12 districts of the state except Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti. Many parts of the state received moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours since Tuesday evening. Manali received 42 mm, Narkanda 41.5 mm and Kufri 39.6 mm of rain. According to the state emergency operation center, a total of 126 routes were closed in the state on Tuesday morning. Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a 23 per cent decrease in rainfall since the onset of monsoon on June 27 and the state has received 461.1 mm of rainfall against the average of 598.4 mm. Officials said that since the onset of monsoon till Monday, 144 people have died in rain-related incidents and the state has suffered a loss of Rs 1,217 crore.
19 more people died due to rain in Gujarat
Nineteen more people died in rain-related incidents in Gujarat on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 26 in three days. Officials said 17,800 people have been evacuated from flood-affected areas. Seven people were also among those missing after the tractor trolley they were travelling in was swept away while crossing a bridge near Dhavna village in Halvad taluka of Morbi district on Sunday. As rains stopped in Vadodara, the Vishwamitri river flowing through the city breached its banks and entered residential areas, inundating low-lying areas and buildings, roads and vehicles. The weather department has predicted heavy rains in various districts of Saurashtra on Thursday.
5000 people rescued in Vadodara
Officials said that people stranded in their homes and on rooftops in Vadodara city were evacuated to safer places by three contingents of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Army. Minister Hrishikesh Patel told the media that more than 5,000 people have been evacuated and another 1,200 rescued in Vadodara so far. Three additional contingents of Army and one each of NDRF and SDRF were deployed in the city on Wednesday. Chief Minister Patel directed officials to deploy cleaning equipment and spray pesticides in Vadodara city as soon as the flood water recedes. He ordered that teams of Municipal Corporations of Ahmedabad and Surat and Municipal Corporations of Bharuch and Anand be deployed in Vadodara for this purpose. The Chief Minister ordered deployment of five additional NDRF teams and four contingents of Army to assist the administration in rescue and relief operations in Vadodara. He said that additional rescue boats from Ahmedabad and Surat should also be sent to the flood-affected city.
The Air Force is also carrying out relief operations
Apart from the NDRF and SDRF, the Army, Indian Air Force and Coast Guard are carrying out rescue and relief operations in the rain-hit areas, officials said, adding that so far about 17,800 people have been evacuated to safer places and 2,000 people have been rescued. 140 reservoirs and dams and 24 rivers in the state are flowing above the danger mark. Due to the rains, roads and railway lines have been submerged, vehicular traffic and train movement have also been disrupted. 122 out of 206 dams have been put on high alert due to the rapid rise in water level in the dams. The Ahmedabad division of Western Railway said that 48 trains have been cancelled, 14 partially cancelled and six have been stopped midway. The route of another 23 trains has been diverted.