The Flood Update
The recent floods in Gujarat have claimed at least 56 people and left 65, 000 people homeless. The flood has affected around 10, 000 villages in 117 talukas in the 18 districts of the state. The most affected districts include Kheda, Vadodara, Surendra Nagar, Navsari, Surat, Ahmedabad, Valsad, Anand, Amreli and Bhavnagar. Till the last available information, power supply was affected in 4547 villages and 31 town, where as 1800 electricity feeder and 667 electricity distribution transformer have been affected. In total 1, 97, 276 people have been evacuated from various flood affected districts.
For more updates on the floods, visit the following links:
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4640137.stm
- http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6DY2VQ?OpenDocument
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1417556,000900040003.htm
- http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/03/india.rain.reut
- http://www.gujaratpost.com/