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Two women wade their scooter done a waterlogged thoroughfare successful Gandhinagar. (Bhupendra Rana)
As Surat witnessed dense rainfall connected Wednesday, respective low-lying areas successful the metropolis were inundated affecting concern arsenic usual. No casualty, however, was reported owed to the rain-related incidents.
Worried parents rushed to schools wherever students got stuck amid an aggravated spell of rain. Social workers were seen utilizing handcarts to determination students to safety. Among the affected schools was SYMGA astatine Sagrampura wherever h2o flooded the crushed floor. Authorities were compelled to state a holiday.
Officials astatine the Surat Flood Control Department said that the rainfall started connected Wednesday afternoon, and continued till precocious evening. Daily commuters were faced with monolithic inconvenience successful the highest evening hours. Officials astatine the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) were connected their toes to be the calls. Tree felling was besides reported astatine immoderate places.
According to the Surat Flood Control Department, the metropolis recorded 72 mm of rainfall betwixt 2 p.m. and 8 pm. Other parts successful South Gujarat, which were lashed by dense rainfall were Mandvi (50 mm), Umarpada (65 mm), and Bardoli (40 mm).
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