Will Gujarat receive rain today?

Rains played hide-and-seek on Thursday with almost all parts of the city receiving rain but at different times. The mild showers, lasting few minutes to half-an-hour, were also reported from Gandhinagar as well.

The Met department has predicted few showers for some areas of Ahmedabad while state predictions suggest light to moderate rain at few places in all districts of South Gujarat and Saurashtra.

Ahmedabad received an average of 0.33mm of rainfall on Thursday with the western part of the city witnessing maximum rainfall of 2.33mm.

Two incidents of trees being uprooted was reported from Ranip and Paldi areas while the civic body received three calls concerning dangerous buildings.

Meanwhile, corn vendors set up temporary stalls along the highway and seemed to be doing brisk business. “The number of customers usually goes up in the evening as many commute between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad at this time. Sales are likely to be huge if there are showers in the evening,” said Bhimjibhai Parmar, a corn vendor.

Twenty-five districts and 139 talukas of the state received rain with the maximum being recorded at Lalpur in Jamnagar at 163mm.

Kutch continued to receive the least amount of rainfall at 3mm while North Gujarat, Saurashtra and South Gujarat got an average of 9mm of rainfall in last 24 hours.