Little relief from rains as two drown in waterlogged drain

Rajkot | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

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Their dead bodies were found later in the day by locals.Four people got stuck in the strong flow of water in Chorvad village of Mangrol taluka in Junagadh. The deceased were identified as Sahil Devipujak (4) and Kartik Devipujak (5), both cousins. On Wednesday sporadic rains were also recorded in Kutch district for the first time this season.Two kids aged 4 and 5 years drowned in a drainage water in Keria Nagas village five kilometers from Amreli town. Four team of NDRF have been deployed in Gir Somnath district and one more team is expected to arrive from Vadodara on Thursday.The railway track at Kanalus railway station in Jamnagar was restored on Wednesday after it was washed out by heavy rains on Tuesday. NDRF team shifted them to hospital using a boat as the village was marooned in rain water.In order to enable the elected representatives and ministers to oversee the rescue and relief work in their respective regions, chief minister Vijay Rupani cancelled the weekly Cabinet meeting scheduled today..