(June 23) the results of the by-elections of Visavdar and Kadi were announced, in which the issue of making the roads in Visavdar like Paris was very much in the news. BJP candidate Kirit Patel had said that if I win, I will make the roads here like Paris. Then, amidst these discussions, in the rain that fell in Surat yesterday and this morning, Visavdar is becoming Paris, but Surat has now become Venice. Every street in the city of the creek is flooded. And the people of Surat have cried out in anguish. The situation is so bad that BJP MLA Kanani himself has had to say that the administration did not do the work of the creek properly before the monsoon.

The rains in Surat took a break yesterday (June 23) afternoon, however, heavy rains started again after 2 am. From 4 am to 6:00 am on June 24, Surat city received two and a half inches of rain. Due to this, the rain water that fell on June 23 did not drain and due to more rain, the low-lying areas were flooded from knee to neck. A holiday was declared in schools due to the waterlogging situation. On the other hand, the people trapped in the water were rescued by the administration using tractors and boats.18-year-old Arjun Rathod lived with his family in Khadi Phalia in Kumbhariyagam. The family has one brother and two sisters. He used to work as a laborer. Today, Arjun went to bathe with his friends in the water filled in the creek near Kuberji World Market near his house. When they started to pull the water into the stream, the young man Alek grabbed something and caught it. When Arjun was pulled into the stream. However, he was not found despite searching till evening wearing a fireman’s boat and life jacket.