In Pics: Heavy rain engulfs seven districts of Gujarat, 28 dead; Kerala too badly affected

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In the second spell of rains due to the South West monsoon, 11 people have been killed since July 9 in Kerala, according to the state control room, which is monitoring rain-related incidents.(ANI)

Several low-lying areas are inundated and roads are cut off, it said. Due to waterlogging on rail tracks, signalling system has been affected and at least eight passenger trains have been cancelled and some others are running late in the Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram route.(ANI)

Several trains were short terminated, and all metre gauge trains in Bhavnagar division were cancelled starting tomorrow until further advice, a railway official said.(ANI)

Several districts of Gujarat received heavy rainfall on Monday resulting in four villages getting marooned in the worst affected Gir Somnath district. (ANI)

Heavy rains in several parts of the country led to landslides, waterlogging and traffic disruptions in many states, including Gujarat, where the administration deployed the NDRF and put the Air Force on alert after four villages were marooned. (ANI)

Hundreds of people in different districts were relocated to safer places, including 365 in Navsari, 50 in Amreli and 85 at Olpad in Surat, disaster management officials said.(ANI)

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held an emergency meeting to assess the preparedness. He said that six to seven districts were affected due to the rains and 15 teams of National Disaster Response Force, as well as the Air Force, had been put on alert.(ANI)

The heavy downpour has till now cost 28 lives of the people in the state of Gujarat. Even as the NDRF had to be deployed to rescue 70 passengers of a metre gauge train and the Air Force was put on alert, officials said. (ANI)