SITUATION: Drought SITREP 26/09/2002 Nature of Disaster : Drought There has been no rain in the state since the first week of September 2002 and the current weather conditions indicate that southwest monsoon is over in this part of the country. As against an average annual rainfall of 852.68 mm for the entire state, till now the total amount received is only 623.34 mm (i.e 73.10% of the average annual rainfall). Block wise rain (mm) received from June 1 to Sep 26, 2002 in different districts of Gujarat Cumulative Rainfall Excess/Deficiency Map of Gujarat DHANERA N THARAD DANTIWA DA BA NAS KANTHA AMI RGADH W E V AV DEESA KHEDB RA HMA DEODAR PA LA NPUR DA NTA S BHAB HA R VA DGAM KA NKRE J SI DHP UR V ADA LI VIJA YNAGAR RA NN OF KA CHC HH SA NT ALPUR PATAN UNJHA IDAR HARI J BHILODA VISNA GAR RA DHA NP UR CHANAS MA MAHESA NA SA BAR KANTH A LAKHP AT RAPA R SA MI VIJA PUR HIMATNAGA R PATAN MAHESANA B HUJ BE CHARA JI MODA SA PRA NTIJ ME GHRA J NAKHATRANA KA CHCHH BHACHAU MA NSA TA LOD MALPUR MA NDAL KADANA KADI AB DASA GANDHI NA GA R VI RPUR SA NT RAMPUR DAS ADA KAL OL DEHGAM BAY AD ANJAR LUNAWA DA MALIY A HALVAD V IRAMGAM ZALOD MANDV I DA SKRO I KAP ADV ANJ MUNDRA DHRA NGADHRA SA NA ND SH EHERA DOHA D KATHLAL PANC H MAHALS MORVI MORWA HADAF DOHA D JODI YA LAKHTA R KHEDA KHEDA THA SRA GODHRA LIMKHEDA SURENDRANAGAR BAV LA WA DHWAN AHMEDABA D NADI AD MULI DHA NPUR LIMB DI DHOLKA DHROL WANKANER GHOGHAMB A MATA R A NA ND SAVLI TANKA RA RAJKOT C HUDA PETLAD HALOL JAMNA GAR P ADDHARI SA YLA ANAND CHHOTA UDAIP UR BORSAD CHOTILA JETPUR PA VI KHA MB HAL IA RANPUR DHANDHUKA VADODARA OKHAMA NDAL RAJKOT KHA MBHAT SA NKHEDA LALP UR BOTAD BA RWA LA PADRA JAMNA GA R KA LAVA D LODHI KA DVAABDHOODIARA JA SDA N KA LYANPUR KOT ADA S ANGANI JAMBUSAR KAV ANT BHANVA D VALLABHI PUR KARJAN NAS VADI GONDAL JAMJODHPUR GADHA DA AMOD TIL AKWA DA JAMKANDORNA BAB RA BHA VNA GAR NANDOD PORBA NDAR UMRALA VAGRA BHA RUCH UP LETA JETPUR BHARUCH NARMADA JHAGADIA RANAV AV DHORAJI LATHI SI HOR DEDIAP ADA AMRELI BHA VNAGAR ANKLESVA R KUT IYANA BHESA NA GARIADHAR GHOGHA PORB ANDAR VALI A LILIA NIZAR JUNAGADH B AGA SARA PALI TANA HANSOT SAGBA RA MA NA VADA R AMRELI UMARPA DA VI SAV ADA R SA VAR KUNDLA TA LAJA OLPA D KES HOD UC HC HHAL JUNA GADH DHARI KA MREJ MA NGROL ME NDARDA SURAT SONGA DH MAHUVA BA RDOLI KHA MBHA MA LIA TA LALA CHORASI RAJULA V YARA P ATAN-VERAV AL UNA JALA LPO RE JAF RAB AD THE DANGS KODINAR GA NDEVI NAVSA RI THE DANGS C HIKHLI District Boundary BANSDA V ALSAD Scanty ( -60% t o -99% ) Deficient ( -20% t o -59% ) DHARAMPUR Normal ( +19% to -19% ) VALSA D P ARDI Excess ( +20% to More ) UMBERGAO N KAPRADA Disclaimer : The infor mation presented in this map r eceived from S tate control room. Govt.of Gujarat ( As on 26-09- 2002 ) Rainfall Pattern in different districts of Gujarat Sl. DISTRICTS Actual Actual July 1 Actual June Actual Average Actual % against No June 15 to July 14 15 to July July 15 to annual rainfall annual . to June 14 July 31 rainfall June 15 rainfall 30 to Sep5 1 Ahmedabad 43 110 153 7 604 321 53 2 Amreli 111 220 331 20 537 515 96 3 Anand 7 83 91 10 657 398 61 4 Banaskantha 56 49 105 9 495 199 40 5 Bharuch 53 224 277 17 640 707 110 6 Bhavnagar 71 312 383 11 477 641 134 7 Dahod 76 116 192 62 767 588 77 8 Dangs 117 703 820 270 2788 2406 86 9 Gandhinagar 26 116 142 14 715 322 45 10 Jamnagar 65 114 179 4 481 317 66 11 Junagadh 87 119 206 36 692 406 59 12 Kheda 33 125 158 17 781 517 66 13 Kachchh 11 41 52 0 345 134 39 14 Mahsana 47 73 120 11 643 276 43 15 Narmada 104 141 245 38 1043 844 81 16 Navsari 64 582 646 90 1631 1340 82 17 Panchmahal 50 137 187 60 833 578 69 18 Patan 31 86 117 9 467 207 44 19 Porbandar 33 91 124 20 534 275 51 20 Rajkot 79 121 200 7 498 313 63 21 Sabarkantha 46 106 151 15 788 351 44 22 Surat 60 314 374 102 1207 1071 89 23 Surendranagar 20 184 204 3 446 295 66 24 Vadodara 83 167 250 43 871 732 84 25 Valsad 100 632 739 126 2376 1803 76 State Average - - 256 852 623 73 Percentage of rainfall deficiency in number of blocks in different districts in percentage range groups Name of Sr. Dist. Between Between Between Between Between Between Between Above Total >11% to >21% to >31% to >41% to >51% to >61% to No. of No. 0% to 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% >=70% Talukas 1Ahmedabad 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 3 11 2Amreli 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 11 3Anand 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 8 4Bansakantha 0 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 12 5Bharuch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 6Bhavnagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 7Dahod 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 8Dangs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9Gandhinagar 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 10Jamnagar 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 10 11Junagadh 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 4 14 12Kheda 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 10 13Kachchh 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 10 14Mahesana 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 9 15Narmada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 16Navsari 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 17Panchmahal 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 11 18Patan 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 7 19Porbandar 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 20Rajkot 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 2 14 21Sabarkantha 0 0 1 3 4 5 0 0 13 22Surat 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 15 Surendranag 23ar 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 10 24Vadodara 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 12 25Valsad 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 Total 0 1 11 17 29 40 33 94 225 All the 29 blocks, which have received less than 40% of the average annual rainfall, are facing severe drought conditions. Many villages in the blocks that have received less than 60% of the average rainfall will also be facing similar conditions. Rainfall received in number of blocks in different districts in different rainfall range groups Sr. Name of Dist. Between Between Between Between Between Between Between Between Between Total 700 and No. 0 to 50 51 to 124 125 to 199 200 to 299 300 to399 400 to499 500 to 599 600 to 699 Above No. Talukas M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. 1Ahmedabad 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 11 2Amreli 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 1 1 11 3Anand 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 8 4Bansakantha 0 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 12 5Bharuch 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 8 6Bhavnagar 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 4 11 7Dahod 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 7 8Dangs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9Gandhinagar 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 10Jamnagar 0 0 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 10 11Junagadh 0 0 0 2 5 4 2 0 1 14 12Kheda 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 10 13Kachchh 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 14Mahesana 0 0 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 9 15Narmada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 16Navsari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 17Panchmahal 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 3 11 18Patan 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 19Porbandar 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 20Rajkot 0 0 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 14 21Sabarkantha 0 0 1 2 7 3 0 0 0 13 22Surat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 23Surendranagar 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 1 0 10 24Vadodara 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 7 12 25Valsad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 Total 0 5 19 44 39 33 23 10 52 225 5 blocks, which have received rainfall less than 125 mm and the 19 blocks, which have received rainfall less than 200 mm are facing severe drought conditions. Many villages, which have received rainfall less than 300 mm rainfall, are also facing drought conditions. The exact number of villages and the extent of scarcity will be clear once the State government declares scarcity.