Hoarding comes crashing down, 2 hurt in Vadodara

Vadodara: Barodians experienced monsoon in the middle of the hot month of May as rains lashed the city on Tuesday morning. Accompanied by strong winds, the heavy showers left some areas including the Sayajigunj underpass waterlogged. Weather officials said that the city received 37 mm of rains from 6 am to 6 pm and more showers are expected late in the evening.
The strong winds uprooted about 50 trees in Sayajigunj, Alkapuri, Chhani, old city, Vadi Wadi and many other areas apart from five hoardings that came crashing down. A father-son duo was injured when a signboard fell on them on Tarsali-Jambua bypass on Tuesday morning. Hitesh Parmar and Ganesh Parmar were riding on their motorbike when hoarding fell on them. The duo was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
District administration officials said that three electric poles fell in Makarpura-GIDC but no one was injured. An old house too came crashing down near Pathhargate in the old city. Fire officials said that they received dozens of calls throughout the day. Two motorbikes got crushed under a tree in the old city apart from an auto-rickshaw in Ellora Park area.
Though the administration had warned people to stay indoors, many were seen out driving on the roads to enjoy the weather. Youngsters flocked the Sindhrot bridge and Akota-Dandia Bazaar road to get drenched in the rains.
Many Barbadians also drove all the way to Pavagadh and spent some time there with their families. Apart from the city areas, Karjan and Padra received two inches of rains on Tuesday. Several trees fell in the district areas but the police department as well as firemen swung into action and cleared the roads.