According to an official release from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the repair work is going on on war footing in Vadodara-Vapi, Rajkot-Jetpur, Chiloda-Himatnagar, and other roads.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) to assess damages caused by rainfall and floods in Gujarat. The IMCT, led by the executive director of National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), will shortly visit the flood-affected districts
Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL) has approved a significant restructuring plan that will see the merger of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), GSPL, and GSPC Energy Limited (GEL) into Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL).
At the event, Postmaster General Krishna Kumar Yadav, alongside IPPB's Independent Director Jayshree Vrajlal Doshi, IPPB's AGM Dr Rajeev Awasthi, Chief Manager Kapil Mantri, and Chief Postmaster Ritul Gandhi inaugurated the celebrations by cutting a cake.
Following the heavy rains and severe floods that recently lashed various parts of the state of Gujarat, the state government has already started immediate patchwork for the roads in the Narmada district on Saturday that got damaged due to the rains.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel while inaugurating the 7th National Nutrition Month-2024 from Gandhinagar on Saturday stated that the National Nutrition Campaign has become a new approach to change the entire ecosystem related to maternal and child health.
Earlier, India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist Ramashray Yadav said that Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar are expected to get light to moderate rains today.
Amid the flood-like situation in Gujarat, Jamnagar Collector Bhavin Pandya said that the district administration's focus remains on providing immediate relief and ensuring the safety of the people.
The Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a warning that the cyclone "Asna", a deep depression over the Arabian Sea , causing the heavy rains in Gujarat moved is likely to move West-Northwest over the Northeast Arabian sea and away from the Indian Coast during the next 24 hours
Based on the requests received from the local administration due to flood-like situation after incessant rains in Gujarat, Indian Naval flood relief teams at Porbandar and Jamnagar were deployed to augment the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) efforts in the state.
As six columns of the Indian Army are conducting rescue operations in the worst-affected areas as the flood-like situation continues, an additional team of 350 sanitation workers from Surat reached Vadodara to clean the affected areas after flood.