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Heavy rains caused by a deep depression over the Arabian Sea have left 70 people dead in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region and parts of South Gujarat since Wednesday. The depression has since moved towards Madhya Pradesh but the rains have stranded people in several parts of Saurashtra, particularly in Amreli where 400 of 619 villages have been affected. “Around 70 people died due to heavy rains,” Health Minister and government spokesperson Nitin Patel said, citing figures provided by the Gujarat state emergency control room. “The deep depression has passed out of the state, and now it has converted into a low-mark pressure and is centred over Madhya Pradesh. It will weaken further in the next 24 hours,” PTI quoted State Meteorological Department director Jayanta Sarkar as saying. The rainfall o