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.
Following a request from the Gujarat government, six columns of the Indian Army are conducting rescue operations in the worst-affected areas as the flood-like situation continues in parts of the state due to incessant rainfall.
Delhi and NCR (National Capital Region) received incessant rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning beginning in the early hours of Wednesday.
Heavy rain has created a flood-like situation in Vadodara as several parts of the city witnessed severe waterlogging on Tuesday due to incessant rainfall on Monday. According to the India Meteorological Department Vadodara received 26 cm of rainfall on Monday.
In a tragic incident, three members of the family were killed and one was injured after landslide triggered by incessant rain in Devipur ADC village in Tripura on Tuesday.
As incessant rains continue to lash parts of Rajasthan, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma held a meeting with officials Chief Minister's Office on Sunday and instructions were given to strengthen arrangements related to disaster management immediately.
Expressing concern over the death of nine children in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district on Sunday morning, Sagar Collector Deepak Arya said that incessant rainfall led to the wall collapse. Two children were undergoing treatment in the hospital, he added.