Four die after building collapsed due to rain in Junagadh district

Four dead and several trapped as a two-storey building collapsed in Junagadh, Gujarat, due to floods. Incessant rains caused extensive damage in Junagadh, Porbandar and Gir Somnath districts. Several villages remained cut off due to the floods and people were shifted from low-lying areas.

Four people died and several others were trapped after a two-storey building collapsed in flood ravaged Junagadh district on Monday, two days after the city was inundated in floods triggered by incessant rainfall in Saurashtra region. 

Several people were trapped inside the debris of the building that collapsed after it caved in due to flood waters in Junagadh city. 

Earlier on Saturday, two people had swept away in flowing flood waters in the Junagadh while five other casualties were reported from other parts of the State. 

Meanwhile, floods have caused extensive damages in Junagadh, Porbandar and Gir Somnath districts where agriculture farms are still under knee deep waters amidst flowing rivers and dams. 

Several villages are still cut off due to floods in these three coastal districts of Saurashtra region. 

So far, the State authorities have focused on shifting people from low lying areas or rescuing people stranded in floods. In the villages, only tractors or JCB machines are used to move people as interior roads are inundated.