North India Statesman
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Rain in Gujarat: The rain that occurred in Saurashtra and South Gujarat in the month of July has completely stopped since the beginning of August. There has been sporadic rainfall in the state for the last fortnight. Today, on the holy day of Raksha Bandhan, only 16 talukas of the state have received rain.
According to data released by the Gandhinagar-based State Emergency Operations Centre, only two talukas in the state reported heavy rains between 6 am and 8 pm today o'clock More than 1 inch of rain fell between. Out of which 27 mm rain fell in Khergam of Navsari and 26 mm rain fell in Talaja of Bhavnagar. It has rained here.
Apart from this, if we look at other talukas, Shehra of Panchmahal received 20 mm of rain, Waghai of Dang received 15 mm, Valod of Tapi received 14 mm of rain, Kaprada of Valsad and Dolwan of Tapi received 10 mm of rain each. It has rained here. Apart from this, 9 other talukas of the state received single digit rainfall.
Talking about light rain between 6 pm and 8 pm, during these two hours, it rained in 6 talukas. Out of which 20 mm of rain was recorded in Panchmahal city and 10 mm in Dolwan of Tapi.
