A day after downpour, Ahmedabad breathes easy

After the heavy rain on Sunday, the relatively dry Monday came as a relief in the city. Scattered showers were experienced early in the morning and late in the evening. Since 4 pm on Sunday, the city has recorded an average of 34 mm of rainfall, taking the total rain received this season to 83.16 mm.

The heavy rain on Sunday followed by light showers on Monday brought down the temperature considerably in the city. Ahmedabad recorded a maximum temperature of 30.4 degree Celsius, 9 degrees below normal. The city has so far received 27.42% of its average rainfall. The Met department has predicted rain or thundershowers at a few places in the city on Tuesday.

“Due to the waterlogging after Sunday’s rain, we were afraid we would not be able to step out on Monday,” said Mamta Patel a resident of Ranip.

Meanwhile, Saurashtra and South Gujarat continued to battle heavy rain on Monday, but no casualty was recorded.

“An off-shore trough from Gujarat to Kerala will lead to widespread rainfall in the Gujarat region, Saurashtra and Kutch,” said Jayanta Sarkar, IMD director, Gujarat. He said that except for Tapi and Dangs, all districts in the state received excess rainfall. So far, Porbandar district has recorded the highest rainfall, receiving 53.04% of its average rainfall. Meanwhile, the state recorded 17.42% of its average rainfall. In the last 24 hours, the state has recorded 139 mm of rainfall. In all, 26 districts and 217 talukas of the state received rain on Monday.

Surat and South Gujarat region too received good showers, particularly in the morning, leading to water-logging in several areas. Surat city received 15 mm of rain on Monday.

Choryasi taluka recorded five inches of rain (131 mm), followed by Palsana 32 mm. Bardoli taluka recorded 10mm rains, while Mahuva taluka recorded 19 mm of rains on Monday. All four districts in South Gujarat region — Navsari, Valsad, Tapi and Dangs — recorded rains in Monday.