Amid warning of heavy rainfall from IMD , Gujarat on alert

• With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a warning of heavy rainfall in Gujarat from August 18 to August 22, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been put on alert mode in the state.
• A virtual meeting of weather watch group was held in Gandhinagar Tuesday under the chairmanship of Relief Commissioner Harshad Patel. He has asked all departments to be well prepared in advance to deal with heavy rainfall situation between August 18 and 22.
• The IMD has issued a warning of extremely heavy rainfall in Kheda, Anand and Devbhumi Dwarka while very heavy rainfall across the state till August 22.
• Till Tuesday, the state has received 694.63 mm rainfall, 83.59 per cent of its average rainfall this monsoon season.
• Heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places in the districts of Baruch, Surat, Gandhinagar, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, Morbi, Junagadh and Bhavnagar.

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