Rain-related incidents claimed 19 more lives in Gujarat, taking the toll to 26 in three days, while around 17,800 people were evacuated from flood-affected areas.
India’s women's cricket team spinner Radhika Yadav fell into a dangerous situation due to the flood in several cities of Gujarat in the past few days. But the spinner was finally rescued by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
In her Instagram story, she posted a video showing the NDRF officials rescuing some people with the help of a boat while there was a lot of water on the roads. "We are stuck in a very bad situation. Thank you so much #NDRF for rescuing us,” Radhika wrote on the social media platform along with the video.
Rain-related incidents claimed 19 more lives in Gujarat, taking the toll to 26 in three days, while around 17,800 people were evacuated from flood-affected areas as heavy showers lashed parts of the state for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, officials said.
The deceased include seven persons who went missing after the tractor trolley they were traveling in was swept away while crossing an overflowing causeway near Dhavana village under Halvad taluka of Morbi district on Sunday, a police official said, adding their bodies have been recovered.
Even as rains took a pause in Vadodara, it grappled with flooding in a large swathe of low-lying areas after the Vishwamitri river, flowing through the city, breached its banks and entered residential localities, inundating buildings, roads, and vehicles.
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