Rain-soaked South Gujarat

Surat: Several places in south Gujarat received good rainfall on Monday. However, Surat city recorded just 23mm of rainfall in 12 hours until 6 pm despite an overcast weather during the day. Surat city witnessed continuous drizzle that left major roads wet. Surat has been witnessing a wet weather for the last one week, but not much rain has happened.
Major talukas of Navsari district recorded up to 68mm of rainfall during the day. Gandevi and Chikhli recorded 68mm whereas Vasad received 54mm and Navsari 42mm of rainfall. Wagai in Dang district recorded 90mm of rainfall. Umarpada in Surat recorded 46mm of rainfall.
Meanwhile, the water level in Ukai dam has touched 331.12-foot mark as the inflow has been at the rate of 1, 01737 cusecs thanks to heavy rainfall in the basin of Tapi river. The inflow of water into Ukai dam has increased from 65,000 cusecs to 1 lakh cusecs on Monday.
R M Patel, superintendent engineer, Ukai dam, said, "The flow of water would decrease by Tuesday for there has been no rainfall in upper catchment areas of the river since Sunday. Our first aim is to reach the rule level of 335 feet and this position will be beneficial to the people of south Gujarat."
Neeraj Kumar, assistant professor, Navsari Agriculture University (NAU), said, "Higher temperature in places like Surat is making condensation process difficult. This is also affecting rainfall. More trees will be helpful in creating a better process for precipitation."