100-year-old Kamuben Lalabhai Patel on Thursday exercised her franchise in Umargam in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections Umargam (Gujarat): 100-year-old Kamuben Lalabhai Patel on Thursday exercised her franchise in Umargam in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections. Many senior citizens are stepping out to cast... The post appeared first on .

100-year-old Kamuben Lalabhai Patel on Thursday exercised her franchise in Umargam in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections Umargam (Gujarat): 100-year-old Kamuben Lalabhai Patel on Thursday exercised her franchise in Umargam in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections. Many senior citizens are stepping out to cast... The post appeared first on .

Ahmedabad Aug 31 PTI Heavy rains lashed Valsad district and other areas of south Gujarat on Tuesday causing inundation in many low-lying areas officials said Besides two persons died after being struck by lightning in Mehsana district on Monday night they said The India Meteorological Department IMD has predicted an active wet spell over the next few days From 6 am till noon on Tuesday heavy showers lashed several parts of Valsad district with its Umargam taluka receiving 225 mm rain and Vapi-109 mm downpour as per the State Emergency Operation Centre SEOC Also Kaprada and Pardi talukas in Valsad received 54 and 29 mm rainfall respectively while Khergam in neighbouring Navsari district got 26 mm rain during the same period the SEOC said Water-logging in many low-lying areas of Valsad threw normal life out of gear and affected the movement of commuters Several parts of Gujarat have been receiving showers since Monday evening Lightning strike killed a woman and a teenaged boy in Ganpatpura village of Mehsana on Monday night an official at Visnagar taluka police station said According to the SEOC 155 out of the states 251 talukas received some amount of rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 6 am on Tuesday Gujarat has so far this monsoon season recorded about 50 per cent rain deficiency with six out of the total 33 districts having recorded downpour classified under the large deficient with over 60 per cent lower than normal category as per the IMD As against 12038 mm rainfall in June this year and 17670 mm in July Gujarat received only 652 mm rainfall in August according to the SEOC PTI KA GK GK