Gujarat Chief Minister Reviews Rain Preparedness, Puts 10 Districts On High Alert

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel paid a surprise late-night visit to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) on Friday to review the prevailing rain situation across Gujarat and assess the state's preparedness for any weather-related emergencies.

A Yellow alert has been issued for remaining five districts, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Kottayam, where isolated heavy rainfall is likely.

2 min readJul 31, 2026 07:38 PM IST Heavy rains lashed in Pune on Friday, disrupting daily life. (Express photograph by Arul Horizon) After a week of intense rainfall and successive red, orange and yellow alerts across Pune district and the ghats of Pune, Nashik and Satara, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has