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Indian Express
24-06-2025
- Climate
- Indian Express
249 evacuated in Surat as rain continues to lash state, orange alert in many districts till June 30
As rain continued to lash Gujarat on Tuesday, Narmada, Dahod, Panchmahal, Valsad and Tapi were the worst-affected districts. A total of 249 people, including 85 students, were on Tuesday evacuated in Surat. Till 6 pm, 120 talukas across the state received rainfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also issued an 'orange alert' for several districts till June 30. Nandod and Tilakwada in Narmada district received 220 mm (8.66 inch) and 181 mm (7.13 inch) rainfall, respectively, from 6 am till 4 pm. Among talukas, which received heavy rainfall, were Dahod at 180 mm, Shehera in Panchmahal (159 mm), Vapi in Valsad (154 mm), Jetpur Pavi in Chhota Udepur (152 mm), Dharampur (144 mm) and Pardi (130 mm) in Valsad, Songadh in Tapi (128 mm), Garudeshwar in Narmada (125 mm), Vyara in Tapi (124 mm), Bardoli in Surat (124 mm), Godhra (117 mm) and Morva Hadaf (117 mm) in Panchmahal, Khergam in Navsari (116 mm), Sankheda in Chhota Udepur (112 mm), Halol in Panchmahal (107 mm), Lunawada in Mahisagar (103 mm), Dediapada in Narmada (103 mm), and Netrang in Bharuch (101 mm). Surat city and its talukas also witnessed heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours, leading to a rise in the water levels of creeks and rivers. As several areas were inundated with rainwater, schools in Surat remained shut on Tuesday. Water also entered shops and basements of textile markets, causing significant loss to traders. As per data from the Surat flood control department, from 8am on Monday till 4pm on Tuesday, Surat city received 170 mm of rainfall, Olpad 47 mm, Umarpada 92 mm, Mandvi 93 mm, Kamrej 139 mm, Choryasi 38 mm, Palsana 93 mm, Bardoli 168 mm and Mahuva 111 mm. A total of 62 roads in the different talukas of Surat were closed and villagers were advised to take alternate routes. Policemen were deployed on these roads to keep people away. On Tuesday morning, Surat District Education Officer Dr Bhagirathsinh Parmar instructed government and self-financed primary, secondary, and higher secondary schools to keep their schools closed on Tuesday. Meanwhile, water entered Adarsh Residential School campus in Sarthana on Tuesday afternoon, prompting fire department officials of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to rescue 85 students and 15 teachers. They were evacuated and shifted to an SMC-run school in Sarthana. Surat Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agrawal visited the school on Tuesday afternoon to review arrangements made for the students. Besides, 149 residents of Gangapur and Dhamdod villages in Palsana taluka were rescued after water entered their homes, and were shifted to a nearby government primary school. A student from Surat's Katodara village, who had to take his examination at a centre in Katargam was dropped at the centre by a PCR van after he called for help. Apart from this, as rainwater entered Halpativas in Bardoli's Baben village, food and water were distributed to around 500 people by the district panchayat officials. After an electric pole at the Antroli crossroad junction in Surat collapsed, the power distribution and traffic were affected. Services were later restored. SMC teams reached inundated areas, accompanied by mobile medical vans, conducted health screenings and distributed medicines to people. Teams also reached Mithi Creek and Dumbhal Fire Station areas and cleared waterlogged areas. Cleaning staffers were also deployed in other zones. Federation of Surat Trade and Textile Association chief Kailash Hakim said, 'The rainwater accumulated in the basements and ground floors of around ten markets, including Raghukul, J D textile market, Silk Plaza, Millennium textile market 1, Someshwara, Anmol. We have appealed to the management of the markets to allow traders to shift their goods to empty floors or shops. There were power cuts at ten textile markets. The market authorities have started clearing the water.' Orange alert has been issued for Banaskantha and Sabarkantha on June 26; Sabarkantha and Aravalli on June 27; Banaskantha and Sabarkantha June 28, Banaskantha and Sabarkantha on June 29; and Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Navsari and Valsad for June 30 — with forecasts of heavy to very heavy rainfall. The weather department has predicted heavy rainfall for the rest of the state till June 30.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
PM to launch projects worth 232cr for Surat
Surat: Projects of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) worth Rs 232 crore will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday from Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. These include a biodiversity park, a sewage project, schools and a hospital management information system. The Wild Valley Biodiversity Park project has been developed at a cost of Rs 145 crore on land along Kakra creek. This park, envisioned as a "lung" for the city, includes walking and cycling tracks, children's play areas and has 500,000 trees and shrubs of 85 different species. The development of this park will enhance the city's green cover. A sewage project costing Rs 24 crore involves laying a rising main pipeline from the intermediate ONGC sewage pumping station to the Gavier sewage treatment plant. The project will provide effective sewage management for approximately 60,000 people. It will also supply additional domestic sewage to the Gavier STP, which can be treated and sold for industrial use, generating revenue. A primary school and a Suman High School are being developed at the cost of Rs 25 crore in the Anjana area of Limbayat. These will benefit 3,000 students by giving them access to quality education for free. Developed at a cost of Rs 38 crore, a Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) project is aimed at digitizing the functioning of SMC-run hospitals such as SMIMER, Maskati Hospital and various urban health centres. The objectives include improving access to health data, strengthening the digital health infrastructure and enabling effective planning in the healthcare sector.
Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
Surat courts orders termination of pregnancy of teacher accused of kidnapping 13-year-old
A special POCSO court in Surat on Tuesday granted the permission to terminate a 22-week-old pregnancy of a 23-year-old female teacher days after police arrested her and rescued her 13-year-old student after intercepting them in a bus at Shamlaji on Gujarat-Rajasthan border. The teacher has been charged under BNS Act Sections 137(2) (Kidnapping), 127(3) (Punishment for wrongful confinement). The medical termination of pregnancy of the accused woman will be done at SMC-run SMIMER hospital in a week, and the foetus should be preserved for a DNA test, the order stated. The woman had on Friday moved the special POCSO court, seeking permission for abortion under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. Based on the application, the court instructed Punagam police to seek expert advice from the medical fraternity. Police took her to SMIMER hospital for a medical examination, after which the hospital authorities submitted a report to police, stating that 'the termination of pregnancy is advised considering the risk factor'. Police submitted the report to the court on Tuesday. The report, signed by professor Dr Archish Desai, Assistant professor Dr Sonam Parikh and Senior Resident Dr Thumar, stated, 'As the accused is unmarried and 23 years old, continuation of pregnancy may be harmful for her psychologically and socially. According to the MTP Act, Medical Termination of Pregnancy can be done up to 24 weeks of gestation, and the accused wants termination of pregnancy at present. The risk of complications of Second Trimester Medical Termination of Pregnancy includes incomplete abortion, retained products of conception, bleeding, infection, uterine rupture, failure of termination of pregnancy and may need surgical intervention (hysterotomy) and psychological complications. The mortality (death) risk is 0.6/100000. Considering the risk-benefit ratio, termination of pregnancy is advised from our side with an explanation of the risks. Kindly permit Termination of Pregnancy.' The teacher and the student had gone missing on April 25 and were last seen in the CCTV footage at Surat Railway Station. Police sources said the teacher had been offering tuition to the student for the last few years. On April 26, the boy's father had lodged a complaint of kidnapping against the teacher following which police had started a probe in the matter. Later, police received information that the teacher and the student were returning to Gujarat in a private luxury bus from Jaipur, Rajasthan. A team of Surat police intercepted the bus and brought the teacher and the boy back to the city. After primary interrogation, police said they learnt that the woman had allegedly confessed to establishing physical relations with the boy following which POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act's Sections 8, 4 and 12 were added in the existing kidnapping complaint against the teacher. After the police remand, the accused teacher was sent to judicial custody at Surat Central Jail. The court order on Monday also stated: 'The accused girl should be discharged from the hospital after termination of pregnancy only, if she is found to be medically fit. The Medical Superintendent of SMIMER Hospital, Surat should submit report with regards to the termination of pregnancy to this court within a week. The Investigating Officer should take custody of the accused and send her to Jail after she is discharged from the hospital.' The court also observed, 'The continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury on physical and mental health, or there is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities…'
Indian Express
06-05-2025
- Indian Express
‘Fearing failure', Class 12 boy dies by suicide a day before GSHSEB results
A 17-year-old Class 12 student died by suicide at his residence on Sunday night, a day before the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) announced examination results on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Yogesh. He took the extreme step fearing he would fail, his family said. However, after the results were announced, it was found that he had secured 60 per cent. Yogesh studied at SMC-run Suman school in Dindoli. His father Ravindra Patil works as a polisher at a diamond factory in Varachha. The family resides in Yogeshwar Society in Dindoli. Police said that on Sunday night, the Patil family had gone to the terrace of their house to sleep. Yogesh woke up in the middle of the night and hanged himself from the fan hook on the ceiling. The incident came to light on Monday when Ravindra and his wife woke up and found Yogesh hanging. The family informed the Dindoli police, after which officials reached the spot and sent the body to SMIMER Hospital for a post-mortem. The police have registered an accidental death case in connection with the incident and have started an investigation. Ravindra, in his statements to the police, mentioned that Yogesh had appeared in the board exams in March. Yogesh, a General stream student, had said that he could not perform well in two of the subjects. He feared that he would fail and was under stress, the father said, adding that they did not put any pressure on him and told him that he could reappear in June. Talking to The Indian Express, Ravindra said, 'He was shy. He never used to fight with his friends or brother. On Monday, after the board results were declared, we checked and found that he passed with 60 per cent. We had never put pressure on him.' Dindoli police Sub-Inspector K S Solanki said, 'Yogesh was under stress after two of his papers did not go well in the board examinations. He remained quiet and avoided playing with friends or talking to his family. Fearing failure, he died by suicide.'
Indian Express
06-05-2025
- Indian Express
Fearing failure, Surat diamond polisher's son dies by suicide; Results show he passed
A 17-year-old Class 12 student died by suicide at his residence on Sunday night, a day before the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) announced examination results on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Yogesh. He took the extreme step fearing he would fail. However, after the results were announced, it was found that he had secured 60 per cent. Yogesh studied at SMC-run Suman school in Dindoli. His father Ravindra Patil works as a polisher at a diamond factory in Varachha. The family resides in Yogeshwar Society in Dindoli. Police said that on Sunday night, the Patil family had gone to the terrace of their house to sleep. Yogesh woke up in the middle of the night and hanged himself from the fan hook on the ceiling. The incident came to light on Monday when Ravindra and his wife woke up and found Yogesh hanging. The family informed the Dindoli police, after which officials reached the spot and sent the body to SMIMER Hospital for a post-mortem. The police have registered an accidental death case in connection with the incident and have started an investigation. Ravindra, in his statements to the police, mentioned that Yogesh was an average student. He had appeared in the board exams in March. Yogesh, a General stream student, had said that he could not perform well in two of the subjects. He feared that he would fail and was under stress, the father said, adding that they did not put any pressure on him and told him that he could reappear in June. Talking to The Indian Express, Ravindra said, 'He was shy. He never used to fight with his friends or brother. On Monday, after the board results were declared, we checked and found that he passed with 60 per cent. We had never put pressure on him.' Dindoli police Sub-Inspector K S Solanki said, 'Yogesh was under stress after his two of his papers did not go well in the board examinations. He remained quiet and avoided playing with friends or talking to his family. Fearing failure, he died by suicide. He was an average student.'
