Summary:
The state government has issued a warning not to go in the downstream and riverbank areas in Navagam village in Narmada Taluka as it is likely to release water from the Narmada dam to maintain the water level in the same. The state in a release said that control release of water from the dam will be carried out to ensure that water levels do not cross the 131 mt level. A warning has also been issued for 24 villages of Karjan and Shinot Taluka in Vadodara district as the release of water is likely to raise the water level in Vadodara. Chhota Udepur taluka alone received 10 inches of rainfall in the last 14 hours. The Met department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in South Gujarat on Friday with Panchmahals and Chhota Udepur likely to bear most of the brunt..