Heavy rainfall forecast in many districts of Gujarat : IMD

In many districts of Gujarat, heavy to very heavy rainfall is being predicted from July 5 by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). 06 Battalion National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 6 teams in Gujarat districts to deal with the incessant rains and floods.

A total of 6 teams have been deployed in flood-affected districts at Navsari, Surat, Valsad, Porbandar, Dwarka, Somnath at the request of Gujarat Disaster Management Department. Each team has 45 rescue members, trained to deal with flood-related disasters. The team is also carrying essential kits including face masks, sanitizers, hand gloves, etc, keeping in mind the floods and the current coronavirus infection.

The team comprises of doctors, paramedics, and are equipped with deep-dive boats, lifebuoys, life jackets, communication equipment like Quick Deployable Antenna (QDA), HF/VHF, satellite phones and cutting equipment. These devices can work during the failure of a common communication network.

Additional teams are also put on standby in other NDRF battalions and will be called as per requirement.