1000 shifted from rainbattered Olpad Navsari villagesafter heavy rain

Surat | Tuesday | 17th July, 2018

Summary:

There was three-feet deep water on College Road and Hathisa Road in Olpad town. Hence, the district administration shifted nearly 450 people from a number of villages around Chikli and Gandevi talukas of Navsari district. Olpad taluka recorded 180mm of rain during the period.District collector Dhaval Patel told TOI, “The pattern of rainfall is different this monsoon. The water level in the river has come down a bit and it was now flowing at 26.24 feet. Against the danger mark of 28 feet, the river was flowing at 27.55 feet near Chikhli in Navsari..