Rajkot affected by rain jamnagar And Rajkot districts have got relief from heavy rains, but life is normal in hundreds of villages but there is no knee-deep water.
It will take a few days for the situation to return to normal as people are still struggling to deal with the huge loss of household valuables. The houses have been flooded with mud and the restoration of electricity is being done on a war footing.
state-run west Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) claimed that electricity was restored till Wednesday in all 82 villages of Rajkot and 60 out of 84 affected villages in Jamnagar district.
PGVCL managing director DB Vyas told TOI: “There are hardly 8-10 villages in Jamnagar where electricity has been restored as they are still inaccessible. There is a possibility of short circuit due to high water level. We can restore electricity in most of the affected villages in two days.”
According to Vyas, PGVCL has suffered a loss of Rs 15 crore in Rajkot alone, while it is yet to be calculated in Jamnagar district. In Jamnagar, discoms erected 488 electric poles in two days.
The internal roads connecting the villages have been badly damaged and several minor roads have been broken, restricting the movement of local people along with the administration. The work of clearing the roads has also resumed in both the districts.
According to the villagers, the biggest problem is the smell of animal carcasses and dirt which needs to be cleaned up at the earliest. As per a rough estimate, more than 300 animals died in the worst affected villages of Jamnagar including Aliabada, Dhuvav, Khijdia, Vagadia, Koza, Moda, Banga, Navagam and Dudhla.
The kutcha houses in the villages have been completely damaged and the household articles have been washed away in the pucca.
A bus carrying sweepers from Rajkot reached Jamnagar to complete the cleaning efforts.
In Jamnagar city, Municipal Commissioner Vijay Kharadi ordered a continuous cleaning campaign even at night. senior officers of Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) also inspected the cleaning work on Tuesday night.
Around 157 roads were blocked due to the floods, affecting traffic. These include one national highway in Jamnagar district, 17 state highways in Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Amreli and Surat districts and 127 panchayat roads connecting villages.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in the state till Saturday morning.
The state transport corporation said the 165 routes on which it operates daily buses will not be able to make 522 journeys, most of them in Jamnagar, Junagadh and Rajkot districts, which are the worst affected. Heavy rain on Sunday and Monday.
According to officials, 48 villages of Rajkot, Jamnagar and Porbandari The three major dams in those districts were likely to be affected due to the large amount of water outflow into the rivers.
It will take a few days for the situation to return to normal as people are still struggling to deal with the huge loss of household valuables. The houses have been flooded with mud and the restoration of electricity is being done on a war footing.
state-run west Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) claimed that electricity was restored till Wednesday in all 82 villages of Rajkot and 60 out of 84 affected villages in Jamnagar district.
PGVCL managing director DB Vyas told TOI: “There are hardly 8-10 villages in Jamnagar where electricity has been restored as they are still inaccessible. There is a possibility of short circuit due to high water level. We can restore electricity in most of the affected villages in two days.”
According to Vyas, PGVCL has suffered a loss of Rs 15 crore in Rajkot alone, while it is yet to be calculated in Jamnagar district. In Jamnagar, discoms erected 488 electric poles in two days.
The internal roads connecting the villages have been badly damaged and several minor roads have been broken, restricting the movement of local people along with the administration. The work of clearing the roads has also resumed in both the districts.
According to the villagers, the biggest problem is the smell of animal carcasses and dirt which needs to be cleaned up at the earliest. As per a rough estimate, more than 300 animals died in the worst affected villages of Jamnagar including Aliabada, Dhuvav, Khijdia, Vagadia, Koza, Moda, Banga, Navagam and Dudhla.
The kutcha houses in the villages have been completely damaged and the household articles have been washed away in the pucca.
A bus carrying sweepers from Rajkot reached Jamnagar to complete the cleaning efforts.
In Jamnagar city, Municipal Commissioner Vijay Kharadi ordered a continuous cleaning campaign even at night. senior officers of Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) also inspected the cleaning work on Tuesday night.
Around 157 roads were blocked due to the floods, affecting traffic. These include one national highway in Jamnagar district, 17 state highways in Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Amreli and Surat districts and 127 panchayat roads connecting villages.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in the state till Saturday morning.
The state transport corporation said the 165 routes on which it operates daily buses will not be able to make 522 journeys, most of them in Jamnagar, Junagadh and Rajkot districts, which are the worst affected. Heavy rain on Sunday and Monday.
According to officials, 48 villages of Rajkot, Jamnagar and Porbandari The three major dams in those districts were likely to be affected due to the large amount of water outflow into the rivers.
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