Vadodara: Over 400 students, teachers got stuck in school hostel due to heavy rains

Life in rain-ravaged Vadodara is limping back to normalcy as the water level of the swollen Vishwamitri river, which flows through this central Gujarat city, started receding on Friday. However, other parts of the state received heavy rains between 6am and 8pm, a state government release  said. Mangrol tehsil in Surat district recorded the highest rainfall of 187 millimetres on Friday, followed by Rajkot city at 144 mm, Amreli town at 120 mm, Kaprada tehsil of Valsad. Over 5,700 people were evacuated from Vadodara city and surrounding areas following heavy rains that led to flooding.