In addition, the Gujarat government has said that since high tides in the Gulf of Cambay have been predicted at 8 pm on Wednesday, Surat may not get any respite for some more time.
An influential minister in Gujarat told rediff.com that in 130 years, this was the first time that such flows have been witnessed. No human efforts are possible to manage these waters, he said.
The minister added that the losses could run into billion of rupees because Surat has giant textile godowns and factories where water levels have reached more than 12 feet.
Image: Villagers form a human chain to help people cross a swollen river in Kalali, some 20 km from Vadodara in Gujarat.
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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