Traffic jam: 1.25 inches of rain in the city from 10 am to 12 noon, water missing in 4 hours due to sunny weather

In Mehsana, 1.25 inches of rain fell in two hours from 10 am to 12 noon on Sunday, from Swaminarayan Temple on Modhera Road to Avsar Party Plot, on Radhanpur Road, roads of societies on Kashi Vishwanath Temple side, Bahubali Society Road as well as Dharam Cinema Gayatri Mandir Road, busport. However, after the rain stopped, the water gradually receded in four hours. With this, the season's rainfall of the district has reached 127 percent. So far, 923 mm of rain has been recorded against an average of 737 mm. There was traffic for three hours on both sides of the new drain portion as water gushed into the old part of Gopinala in the city. Vehicular traffic was made easier as the water was drained out after noon. There was a pit under the water in the curve towards GIDC on Modhera Road and the service-oriented youth warned the drivers to get out of the side due to the ongoing rain. The tyres of the vehicles were submerged in the water as the water was high in front of The Kadva Patidar Wadi in Kutch. However, at 3 p.m., there was a heat wave as the sun came out and the low-lying water had receded from most of the area. According to the meteorological department forecast, a cyclonic circulation system has formed over central Rajasthan. Light to moderate rains are likely over north Gujarat on Monday. Mehsana, Patan and Banaskantha will witness less rainfall. While sabarkantha and Aravalli will have more intensity. In the disaster control room, only the personnel who recorded the figures were present in the afternoon. At 12.35 pm on Sunday, an employee recording rainfall data was present at the district disaster control room in Mehsana. However, the figures from 10 am to 12 noon were not recorded at that time. While no employees who were on eight hours of duty were present here. At this time, Maheshbhai Makwana from Somnath Road called the control room and informed the municipality by noting the figures and informing the municipality about the waterlogging in the Somnath underpass. Maheshbhai said that for the first time, no one even picked up the phone.