He is scheduled to visit some affected villages in the district later in the day.The movement of trains was affected due to heavy rains and subsequent breaches in rail tracks at Kanasur village in Rajkot division. Okha-Puri train was also cancelled today, the statement added.Divisional Railway Manager P B Ninawe rushed to Kanasur, where flood waters washed away the soil under the tracks. "Okha-Rameshwaram Express train had to be short-terminated at Modpur and its further journey stands cancelled," the official said in a statement.Similarly, Saurashtra Mail, which runs between Okha and Mumbai, was short-terminated at Khambhaliya. "Movement of over half a dozen trains has been affected due to heavy rains and subsequent breaches in rail tracks," a senior official of Rajkot division said, adding that the Western Railway had to deploy buses to ferry the passengers of those trains that were short-terminated. RAJKOT: Normal life was paralysed in parts of Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions as heavy rains continued to lash for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, which caused major water-logging and damaged rail tracks at a few points that led to cancellation of several trains, officials said.In Saurashtra, districts like Devbhumi Dwarka, Junagadh Porbandar and Gir Somnath witnessed heavy rainfall, while Navsari and Dang districts in south Gujarat received considerable downpour in the last 24 hours till 7 am.As per the data released by the Gujarat government, Khambhalia taluka in Devbhumi Dwarka received as much as 412 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours.Khambhalia was followed by Manavadar taluka in Junagadh (283 mm), Vansda in Navsari (245 mm), Waghai in Dang (214 mm), Mangrol in Junagadh (210 mm), Porbandar taluka in Porbandar (197 mm), Ranavav in Porbandar (194 mm) and Maliya taluka in Junagadh district (191 mm).Around 15 villages across the affected regions were marooned as a result of the incessant downpour.
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