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- Anand received three-quarters of an inch of rain in four hours in the afternoon, heavy rain forecast today
- 2 important roads connecting Anand were closed as water from 12 surrounding villages overflowed into the lake.
After 2 pm in Anand city, after three and a half inches of rain in four hours, society areas including main roads were flooded. After heavy rains fell in the taluka including Anand city in the afternoon, the water of more than 10 villages including Chikhodara was poured into the Rajodpura lake through Kans and in the evening, the Rajodpura road connecting the village with the Chikhodara bridge was closed. Rain water entered the surrounding societies. On the other hand, after 2 feet of water was filled in Talusi Garnala, 150 societies and villages in the eastern area of Anand city were closed on both sides of the road, and more than 50 thousand residents were stuck when it was time to travel 10 km.
The vehicular traffic was stopped after 2 feet of water was filled in a Tulsi stream to the eastern area of Anand city. While another route to this area connects Rajodpura to Chikhodara Bridge. As the Rajodpura lake on this road overflowed within 3 hours, the main road was flooded with up to one and a half feet of water. Also, the roads to the 5 societies in the vicinity were closed. Due to which people had to face great hardships.
When Tulsi Garanala also got 2 feet of water, more than 150 societies and villages lost their direct connection with Anand. People had to go to the village through Bhalej Bridge, Samarkha Chowkdi. While the residents of the society in the eastern area also had to go this way.
Expert View: A heavy pump should be installed in Tulsi Garanala to drain the water
Former Chief Engineer Anand Municipality Sadiq Ali Syed said that Anand Railway had prepared and widened the canal at a cost of 5.65 crores. At that time, no arrangement of rainwater drainage has been done properly. The pumps used for dewatering are of low KP CT. So it is necessary to install pumps with higher KPCT. While water from Khambholaj, Sarsa to more than 10 surrounding villages comes to Mogri Kans. But the bronze has not been cleaned for a long time. Due to this, Rajodpura lake overflows
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