Vadodara Rain

Even in an affluent city like Vadodara, crocodiles and other reptiles are being seen on main roads. From Kutch to Saurashtra, several roads in towns and highways have caved in.

As many as 24 crocodiles were rescued from residential areas in Gujarat's Vadodara amid very heavy rains between August 27 and 29, which led to the water level in the Vishwamitri river that flows through the city to rise.

Several crocodiles, measuring 10 to 15 feet, have been spotted in Vadodara after the Vishwamitri river, which flows through the city, swelled following heavy rain in Gujarat.

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel arrived at the Gandhinagar State Emergency Operation Center on Thursday after travelling from Vadodara, following the forecast of heavy rains and potential storms.

The 11-foot mugger crocodile - the species found in Vadodara - was spotted near the Zoology Department of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

"There's nothing left to live for anymore...All the 3 cars mentioned in my flair are now gone," he wrote.

Heavy Rain in Gujarat: Parts of Gujarat including Vadodara have witnessed severe waterlogging on Tuesday after incessant rain for several days. At leastleast seven people have died in rain-related incidents.

With heavy rain lashing Gujarat since Sunday, 11,900 people living in low-lying areas in Vadodara, Bharuch, Narmada, Dahod, Panchmahal, Anand and Gandhinagar districts have been shifted to shelter homes while 270 stranded citizens were rescued.

Over 9,000 people were shifted to safer places in Gujarat's Bharuch, Narmada and Vadodara districts with the Narmada river swelling due to heavy inflow from upstream dams, officials said on Tuesday.

Heavy rains lashed parts of south and central Gujarat districts on Saturday, leaving many low-lying areas water-logged, especially in Surat and Vadodara, and necessitating emergency evacuation of hundreds of people, officials said.

Thirty five crocodiles have been rescued so far from various parts of the city ever since heavy rains battered the city and its surrounding areas over a fortnight ago, a forest official said on Friday.

Battered by heavy rain, Gujarat's Vadodara saw a dramatic "rescue" this week - not of humans or pets caught left stranded by rising water levels, but that of a crocodile.

A five-foot long male crocodile was run over by an unidentified vehicle on a road leading to Bhuj airport in Gujarat's Kutch district, a forest department official said on Saturday.

Rainwater flooded parts of Odisha and Rajasthan after a heavy downpour in the two states, while Gujarat's rain-hit Vadodara limped back to normalcy as the swollen Vishwamitri river's ferocity started waning on Friday.

Normal operations at Vadodara Airport were resumed on Thursday evening, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said.

Even in an affluent city like Vadodara, crocodiles and other reptiles are being seen on main roads. From Kutch to Saurashtra, several roads in towns and highways have caved in.

As many as 24 crocodiles were rescued from residential areas in Gujarat's Vadodara amid very heavy rains between August 27 and 29, which led to the water level in the Vishwamitri river that flows through the city to rise.

Several crocodiles, measuring 10 to 15 feet, have been spotted in Vadodara after the Vishwamitri river, which flows through the city, swelled following heavy rain in Gujarat.

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel arrived at the Gandhinagar State Emergency Operation Center on Thursday after travelling from Vadodara, following the forecast of heavy rains and potential storms.

The 11-foot mugger crocodile - the species found in Vadodara - was spotted near the Zoology Department of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

"There's nothing left to live for anymore...All the 3 cars mentioned in my flair are now gone," he wrote.

Heavy Rain in Gujarat: Parts of Gujarat including Vadodara have witnessed severe waterlogging on Tuesday after incessant rain for several days. At leastleast seven people have died in rain-related incidents.

With heavy rain lashing Gujarat since Sunday, 11,900 people living in low-lying areas in Vadodara, Bharuch, Narmada, Dahod, Panchmahal, Anand and Gandhinagar districts have been shifted to shelter homes while 270 stranded citizens were rescued.

Over 9,000 people were shifted to safer places in Gujarat's Bharuch, Narmada and Vadodara districts with the Narmada river swelling due to heavy inflow from upstream dams, officials said on Tuesday.

Heavy rains lashed parts of south and central Gujarat districts on Saturday, leaving many low-lying areas water-logged, especially in Surat and Vadodara, and necessitating emergency evacuation of hundreds of people, officials said.

Thirty five crocodiles have been rescued so far from various parts of the city ever since heavy rains battered the city and its surrounding areas over a fortnight ago, a forest official said on Friday.

Battered by heavy rain, Gujarat's Vadodara saw a dramatic "rescue" this week - not of humans or pets caught left stranded by rising water levels, but that of a crocodile.

A five-foot long male crocodile was run over by an unidentified vehicle on a road leading to Bhuj airport in Gujarat's Kutch district, a forest department official said on Saturday.

Rainwater flooded parts of Odisha and Rajasthan after a heavy downpour in the two states, while Gujarat's rain-hit Vadodara limped back to normalcy as the swollen Vishwamitri river's ferocity started waning on Friday.

Normal operations at Vadodara Airport were resumed on Thursday evening, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said.