"The prime minister would land at the Ahmedabad Airport at around 4 pm and then leave for Banaskantha to conduct an aerial survey of the region, to understand the problems being faced by people," Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said.At least 400 people were rescued in Banaskantha district this morning. One column of Indian Army was also pressed in to rescue people using boats. "The rescue operations are going on in full swing as we are taking the help of Army, IAF, BSF, NDRF and local police. "One MI-17V5 took off from Deesa this morning and proceeded to Totana village and winched up 14 people stuck in the mist of raging flood water to safety," Defence PRO Abhishek Matiman said.The IAF is also air dropping food packets in the affected areas. "Over 300 kgs of food packets were air dropped at Gugal, Jenal Varan and neighbouring villages to aid the people marooned since yesterday," he added.The other places which received very heavy rainfall during the last 24 hours include Patan taluka in Patan district (295 mm), Deodar in Banaskantha (284 mm), Idar in Sabarkantha (282 mm), Dhanera in Banaskantha (275 mm), Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha(230), Saraswati in Patan (217 mm) and Deesa in Banaskantha (210 mm).

Source: Economic Times July 25, 2017 09:33 UTC