Qahmedabad: hc rejects sanjiv bhatt’s plea; dams 94% full in state

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2. GUJARAT RECORDS 126% OF SEASON'S RAIN, DAMS 94% FULL Gujarat has received over 126 per cent of the average annual rainfall so far this monsoon, with the total 205 dams in the state


filled to 93.73 per cent of their capacity, state officials said on Wednesday 25 September. According to the data provided by the State Emergency Operation Centre, the state received


1,029.54 mm rainfall, almost 126.17 per cent of its average annual rainfall this season. Kutch and south Gujarat regions received 144.58 per cent and 137.73 per cent rainfall respectively,


the maximum in the state, the officials said. North Gujarat districts, however, received only 96.69 per cent of annual average rainfall, with the lowest rainfall recorded in Banaskantha and


Mehsana districts at 89.10 and 89.28 percent respectively, it said. Patan, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad and Mahisagar are other districts that received below average rainfall this season, the data


showed. (Source: _Deccan Herald_)