[Assam] [WaterWatch] Flood like situation in Guj, Army on alert

Chan Mahanta cmahanta at charter.net
Mon Jul 2 14:28:49 PDT 2007


At the risk of being charged with insensitivity to the plight of 
these flood victims, one cannot help wondering, IF, there will now be 
a presidential plan/canal /aqueduct to take  flood waters out of
Gujarat to someplace where it might be more needed,like Tamilnadu ? 
Shall we say by 2020?

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At 5:49 PM +0000 7/2/07, mediavigil wrote:
>Flood like situation in Guj, Army on alert
>
>Press Trust of India / Ahmedabad July 02, 2007
>
>Heavy downpour across Gujarat has caused a flood-like situation in
>Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions of the state after which
>authorities put the army an alert even as the death toll in
>rain-related incidents rose to 14.
>
>The Army has been put on alert in several parts of Gujarat, including
>Ahmedabad, as the state administration evacuated over 6,000 persons
>from low-lying areas across the state.
>
>The worst affected districts are Bharuch, Narmada and Surat districts
>of South Gujarat and those in Saurashtra region are Bhavnagar and
>Surendranagar districts.
>
>All these districts received over 400 mm rains since yesterday,
>official sources said.
>
>Till now 14 persons have died in rain-related incidents. Nine of them
>died in Vadodara district alone while four persons died in a wall
>collapse in Bharuch district. A police constable was swept away in
>flood waters in Botad town of Bhavnagar district.
>
>The state government has set up a emergency response centre at
>Gandhinagar to oversee relief and rescue work. It has also deputed
>different ministers to visit affected districts and oversee rescue
>operations.
>
>In Saurashtra region, Junagadh district was badly hit by the continous
>downpour. About 700 school children who were stranded in Alfa school
>due to flooding have been rescued.
>
>Twenty two children of a Swaminarayan school, who were trapped in a
>bus marooned by flood waters in Jasapar village of Jamnagar district
>were also rescued.
>
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