Vadodara administration has formed an incident response team (IRT) to tackle rain-related eventualities, days after the city received an unprecedented 442 mm rainfall in just 12 hours.
According to officials, 13 people from the city and the district have lost their lives in rain-related incidents since July 31.
"We have formed a new Incident Response Team (IRT) comprising officers from various departments of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and the state government to mitigate monsoon-related disasters and coordinate emergency rescue operations in the limits of Vadodara city and various talukas," said District Collector Shalini Agarwal.
On July 31, Vadodara city received a staggering 442 mm of rainfall in just 12 hours, forcing shut-down of airport, cancellation of a few trains and leading to largescale inundation.
Dabhoi, Padra, Karjan, Waghodiya and Savli talukas of the district have been receiving intermittent showers since then.
The collector said the ...
