After six days, rains take a break in Vadodara

Vadodara: After a heavy bout of showers over last six days, rains took a break in Vadodra on Monday. The weather was overcast but the city recorded light showers giving the civic authorities tim to carry out the relief measures. Water levels in Vishwamitri River too receded to 17 feet but it may swell again by a couple of feet as over 3,000 cusecs of water was being released from the Ajwa Dam since Monday morning.
The dam was flowing steady at 212 feet but the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is on alert. Residential colonies along the Vishwamitri River were on the edge on Sunday and some residents of Casa Residency in Vadsar were even rescued by the fire brigade after the locality got submerged in rain waters. Residents of some low lying areas in Sayajigunj too have been asked to be in safer locality for a couple of days.