Vadodara Floods

Due to torrential rains in Vadodara and surrounding villages, many water bodies have overflowed and there have been cases of heavy devastation due to waterlogging in the villages.

However, timely actions of the Sarpanch of Khatamba village in the outskirts of Vadodara has spared the village from flooding.

A year ago, Sarpanch Kamlesh Valand, along with the panchayat members, built drains in the entire village at a cost of ₹5 lakh and installed mesh drain covers where the water was collected during rains. Therefore, this time around, the water drained within 15-20 minutes.

Moreover, in order to prevent the lake near the village from overflowing and causing damage to the farms and residential areas, a 5 feet high and 10 feet wide embankment was made by spending ₹2,000 through the panchayat overnight. 

As a result, despite heavy rains, the water from channels of the farms was not diverted into the lake, preventing it from overflowing.

Earlier, the Sarpanch had shocked everyone by bringing up an issue during the speech of the state president at the inauguration of the district BJP office, about the school in the village being neglected for a long time.

“As the school in my village is dilapidated, students have to go to Bapod’s school, which is two kilometres away. Earlier the school had 150 students. But now there are only 38 students,” the Sarpanch had said.