Porbandar Jamnagar City Swine Flu News Samachar Gujarat India

Courier man Porbandar's first swine flu suspect.

A native of Porbandar, who works for a courier company in Pune, became the first suspected swine flu patient from this port town on Saturday night.

The 21-year-old, who was admitted to Porbandar government hospital, has been shifted to GG Hospital in Jamnagar as his condition got worsened.

Meanwhile, his throat swab samples and blood samples have been sent for testing, the reports of which are to arrive on Monday morning.

Sources said the man works in a private courier company in Pune where swine flu cases were reported and had returned home recently on leave.

"He was admitted to isolation ward of Bhavsingh Hospital in Porbandar on Friday night as he had high fever," a hospital source said. He added, "His condition is stable now.

We are monitoring his temperature and trying to control it. We are awaiting reports, which will come on Monday morning."

Porbandar Jamnagar Junagadh District Monsoon News Gujarat India

Fresh rains give state new hope.

Neighboring state Rajasthan may have declared drought in 26 out of 33 districts, but the fresh spell of rains for the past couple of days has given a new hope to Gujarat.

What is more encouraging is that the present level of water in Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam, which is the lifeline of the state, is 120.87 m.

The crest level of the dam was 121.92 m. Officials said with Narmada brimming, the drinking water problems in the state have been solved.

Officials said the situation of Gujarat was better than any other part of the country. Though south, north and central Gujarat have received deficit rainfall, Saurashtra and Kutch were the only area in the entire country which had excess rainfall.

According to India Meteorological Department, till August 26, Saurashtra and Kutch on an average received 39.11 cm rainfall.

However, the rest of the state has received 44.26 cm of deficit rainfall.

The state average rainfall was around 96.09 cm. Officials said that just before the fresh spell of rains, there were 11 districts which had received rainfall less than 40 per cent of its average annual rainfall, but this decreased to just five per cent on Friday.

Officials said three districts have already received over 100 per cent of their annual rainfall. Porbandar has received 183.84 per cent of its annual rainfall, followed by Junagadh (124.99 per cent) and Jamnagar (120.01 per cent).

The parched region of Kutch has also received over 96.88 per cent of its average annual rainfall. On Friday too, rains continued to lash several parts of the state. Of the nearly 225 talukas, 107 talukas received heavy to moderate rainfall.

The highest rainfall reported was 10.4 cm in Songadh in Tapi region.