Meghdoot Full: Monsoon In India: Heavy Rains Batter South Gujarat

Heavy rains Sunday battered parts of south Gujarat, with authorities keeping rescue teams in Valsad on stand-by due to rise in river levels and water-logging in many areas, officials said. Valsad received 203 millimetres rainfall in ten hours since Sunday morning, leaving several areas flooded, while nearby Vapi in the district received 228 mm rainfall during this period.

Auranga and Par rivers flowing through the district swelled due to heavy rains though they were still below the danger mark, said Valsad Collector CR Kharsan, adding that team of the NDRF and personnel from the fire brigade have been kept on stand-by.