AHMEDABAD: Intermittent rains lashed Ahmedabad since Sunday morning, drastically reducing the day temperature and throwing traffic out of gear for a while in the evening hours. Lightning and winds accompanied the rains.
The city received 13mm rainfall till 10pm on Sunday. The eastern, southern and northern parts of the city that were left with meagre rain on Saturday, received their fair share on Sunday with rainfall varying from12mm to 15mm. The western areas of the city, including Sarkhje, Jodhpur, Maktampura and Bopal, together received just 6.26mm rainfall while Bodakdev, Science city , Gota and Chandlodia on an average received 10.4mm rainfall.
The highest rainfall was received by the eastern part of the city — in all 17mm since morning.
“Anticipating heavy rain on Monday we have ordered seven additional de-watering pumps to clear off waterlogged housing societies and chawls in the northern, westerner and eastern parts of the city,” said an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) official in the flood control department.
