Parts of Gujarat face flood fury

October 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday once again conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Andhra Pradesh. The prime minister, who spent the night at the Raj Bhavan here, left in a helicopter to survey the flood-affected districts of Mahabubnagar and Kurnool.

October 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Undertaking one of the biggest relief and rescue operations in the flood-ravaged states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, the armed forces have rescued hundreds of marooned people so far. "1,336 people have been rescued so far by the armed forces in the flood-ravaged states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

September 25th, 2009 Biden tours Ga. flood damage as more rain loomsMARIETTA, Ga.

September 7th, 2009 RANCHI - A month after all the districts of Jharkhand were declared drought affected, many parts of the state are facing the threat of floods, an official said here Monday. Due to cyclonic depression formed over Jharkhand, the state has received more than 300 mm of rain in the last one week.

July 28th, 2009 VERAVAL - Residents wading through knee-deep water, commuters pushing their vehicles through water logged streets, are common sight in Gujarat's Veraval District, where floods have led to massive water logging. The residents struggle to reach offices on time.

July 27th, 2009 PORBANDAR - Personnel of the National Disaster Management Force (NDMF) on Sunday distributed food packets to people in flood-affected areas in Gujarat. Over 40 NDMF personnel have been involved in rescue and relief activities in Porbandar district, where several villages have been marooned by floods.

July 26th, 2009 VERAVAL - The Centre has pressed personnel of the National Disaster Management Force (NDMF) into service to rescue the stranded villagers in the flood-affected areas of Gujarat. According to official sources over 3,000 families in Junagadh, Porbander and Jamnagar districts have been shifted to safer places.

July 24th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - More than 3,000 families from villages in Gujarat's flood-ravaged Junagadh, Porbander and Jamnagar districts have been shifted to safer places by Army rescue teams since Thursday morning, officials said Friday. A National Disaster Management Authority team from New Delhi has arrived in Junagadh to help with the rescue operations in the flood affected villages.

July 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Rising water levels in various rivers and reservoirs of Orissa due to continuous rain since Monday have led to flood scares. "The water level in major rivers is showing a rising trend.

June 26th, 2009 PORBANDER - The Gujarat Marine Police recovered three unidentified bodies on a boat off this Gujarat port Friday, an official said. The boat also bore no markings.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was no progress in southwest monsoon in the country Thursday and the rain-bearing clouds continue to be over southern Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said here. "There is no progress in the southwest monsoon and it is over central Arabian Sea, south Gujarat and some parts of Maharashtra," IMD director B.P Yadav told IANS.

June 23rd, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Amid worries of a delayed monsoon, large parts of Gujarat have received pre-monsoon showers in the 24 hours to Tuesday afternoon, an official said here. A total of 56 sub-districts in 17 districts have witnessed pre-monsoon activity with rains ranging from 3 mm to 10 cm being received during the period, the agriculture department official said.

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and urged him to accord the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project a national status as the multi-state river water management scheme involving a mega dam is expected to benefit the whole of western India. Modi reiterated the state's demand to declare the dam on the Narmada river as a national project since four states - Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan - are set to benefit from it.

April 1st, 2009 DAHOD - The Gujarat police have intensified patrolling on a highway bordering Madhya Pradesh following reports of a number of make-shift country liquor vends coming up in the neighbouring state. The police suspect that before the polls, a lot of liquor is being smuggled from Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat, a state under prohibition.

December 29th, 2008 NAVASARI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked people of the state to resolve to build a 'Golden Gujarat'. 'The entire country is looking at us and at our development.