From the archive record
12,804 dead bodies of cattle disposed off out of total 12,053 dead cattle. Teams of doctors from Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara Municipal Corporations are deployed in Banaskantha to prevent epidemic. 1,365 people are shifted to safer locations in last 144 hours by NDRF teams.14 jawans of Indian Air Force, 257 from Border Security Force, 180 from Indian Army, 5 helicopters took part in rescue and relief operations. Heavy rains caused flooding in districts of Banaskantha, Mehsana, Patan, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Kutch and parts of Saurashtra, where people had to be evacuated to safer places. As per the met department data, Banaskantha district in north Gujarat had received cumulative rainfall of 532 mm till 5 am of July 28 showing 105 per cent rise from the normal 259 mm. Chief Minister Anan