Overflowing Machchhu dam floods villages

Rajkot: Residents of Morbi town and villages remained on the edge as opening of overflowing Machchhu 2 Dam’s gates resulted in heavy flooding in the downstream areas. Nearly 1.36 lakh cusecs water was released in two days which hit 23 villages, 17 in Maliya taluka. Some 22 people in Chikhli village who got stranded in sudden well of water, were rescued by NDRF teams while 50 were rescued from the Morbi-Kandla highway where traffic movement was affected.