Gujarat rains: Stranded tourists rescued from Vangan village
Aug 05, 2024
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], August 5 : Vansda Police in Gujarat's Navsari rescued several tourists who were stranded in Vangan Village after recent heavy rainfall left the Kaveri river in spate.
Navsari police also shared a video of the rescue operation.
Visuals showed tourists being rescued after holding on to a rope.
Meanwhile, heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding in Gujarat's Valsad with rising water levels in the Auranga River. People from low-lying areas of the region have shifted to safe places.
The state has been witnessing severe downpours for the last few days.
Earlier today, the National Disaster Response Force rescued seven people who had been stranded in Hinglaj village in the Valsad district of Gujarat due to heavy rainfall and high tide in the Auranga River.
The NDRF personnel carried out the rescue operation in the early hours of Monday. The people who were stranded were fishermen, officials said.
Inspector NDRF, Ramesh Kumar said, "We got information from the district administration that seven persons are stranded in Hinglaj village because of continuous rainfall and high tide in the Auranga River. The water from the river came to the nearest low-lying areas."
"The people who are stranded are fishermen and they have no option but to get out because the level of water has risen a lot there. We have rescued them," he told ANI.
Earlier today, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel took stock of the situation caused due to heavy rain in the Valsad and Navsari districts of South Gujarat through a telephone conversation with the collectors of these two districts.
The Chief Minister instructed the Collectors of Valsad and Navsari to move the people of the low-lying areas to safe places in the villages of this district and to ensure proper management with vigilance and vigilance in the flood situation caused due to rain.
Many districts of Gujarat, including Valsad have been receiving heavy rains for the last couple of days.
Earlier, on August 2, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of the possibility of rain and thundershowers for the next five days in several parts of Gujarat.
