The Army has rescued 400 people in Bvda village in Ahmedabad after severe rains.
Ahamedabad: The Army has been called in to assist in rescuing about 400 people who were marooned in Bavda village of Ahmedabad district in heavy rains, which lashed several parts of Gujarat on Tuesday night.
"One column of the Army has already been deployed after flood water entered Bavda village in rural Ahmedabad," Ahmedabad District Collector D Thara said in Ahmedabad on Tuesday morning.
Both the army and the fire-brigade are helping in rescuing about 400 persons who have been stranded in this village, she said.
The collector said the state administration had to evacuate an estimated 4,000 people from the Dascroi and Dholka talukas of the district. "The situation in Dascroi is very grim," she added.
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