An Indian Air Force helicopter on Saturday rescued two persons who were left clinging to an electric pole for several hours amid flooding in a low-lying area of Gujarat's Junagadh district due to heavy rains, an official said.
Considering the latest Weather forecast that the coastal areas of Saurashtra & Kutch region in the state of Gujarat will be affected by Cyclone Biparjoy, various safety and security precautions are being taken by Western Railway for the prone areas under the jurisdiction of WR
The Western Railway on Monday said that five trains from Mumbai to Gujarat have been cancelled as a precautionary measure. "Train operations will remain suspended for the next 2-3 days at Veraval, Porbandar, Okha, Dwarka, Gandhidham and Bhuj," Ashok Kumar Mishra, General Manager, Western Railway said.
Places like Surat, Valsad, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Deesa, Pathan, Mehsana, Banaskantha etc. may see rains. In view of these activities, some relief may be seen in terms of temperatures.
On December 8 the Gujarat BJP celebrated its landslide victory in the assembly elections, winning 156 seats out of the total 182. After 37 years, Congress' former chief minister Madhavsinh Solanki's record of 149 seats in 1985 was broken.This .