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.
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.
The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain today, Friday, at isolated places in Gujarat's districts of Kachchh, Morbi, Jamnagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, and Porbandar.
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Scientist Ramashray Yadav on Thursday forecasted that Saurashtra and Kutch are likely to receive extremely heavy rainfall. A heavy rainfall warning has been issued for Jamnagar, Porbandar, Morbi, Swarka and Kutch districts.
Earlier, Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said that more than 5,000 people have been rehabilitated and over 12,000 people rescued as of Wednesday from the floods following the heavy rains that lashed the city of Vadodara.
The erstwhile Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, Shatrusalyasinhji Digvijaysinhji Jadeja, on Wednesday shared his joy on learning that Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with his extended family in Poland and paid homage at Jam Saheb of Nawanagar Memorial in Warsaw.
In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, that the memorial is a tribute to the great Royal Family of Kolhapur, who was at the forefront of giving shelter to Polish women and children displaced due to the horrors of World War II.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid a wreath at Jam Saheb of Nawanagar Memorial in Warsaw, a place that commemorates shared history between India and Poland.
In an interview with ANI, he expressed happiness that PM Modi decided to visit Poland and combined this visit with a visit to Ukraine which he stressed is defending its borders against "unlawful aggression."
Owing to the problem of leopard attacks in the Junnar taluka of Pune district, 10 leopards captured in the Junnar forest division have been sent to a shelter in Jamnagar, Gujarat, said Amol Satpute, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Junnar.