Overview

• IMD kept red alerts in effect through Sunday for Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Mehsana, with Aravalli and Surendranagar flagged on Saturday and Kutch on Sunday as a depression over South Rajasthan–North Gujarat fuels intense rainfall.
• The state has deployed 12 NDRF and 20 SDRF teams across districts, with one additional NDRF team on standby in Vadodara and senior officials directed to remain on round-the-clock duty.
• District administrations were ordered to closely track reservoir inflows, release water if required and issue advance warnings to low-lying villages to mitigate flood risk.
• Authorities issued strict crowd-control instructions for Ganesh Visarjan sites and called for heightened vigilance at Gujarat Public Service Commission examination centers during the rain spell.
• Widespread rain was recorded across 209 talukas on Saturday, including 182 mm in 12 hours at Kaprada in Valsad, with the state already at about 98% of seasonal rainfall and the next 48 hours assessed as critical.