Vadodara, Sept 06: The toll in the current spell of heavy rains in Gujarat has mounted to 20 with death of a youth in Bharuch even as about 2000 rain-hit people from three Talukas in Bharuch district continued to remain in relief camps, official sources today said.
The youth, identified as Karasmi Bharvad, was washed away in the flooded Vishvamitri river in the city yesterday, sources told a news agency adding the body has not yet been traced.
Meanwhile, about 2,000 people from 16 villages of three Talukas in the district, who were shifted to relief camps following rise in water level of Narmada a couple of days ago, continued to stay there as a precautionary measure though the water has been receding, sources said.
Narmada was now flowing at 6.80 metres, much below the danger level at golden bridge in Bharuch city, sources added.
Villages across the main Narmada canal have been asked to remain alert as the water continued to overflow at Sardar Sarovar dam site in Kevadiya at 103.15 metres this afternoon though there has been a respite from the rains, a Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam official said.

Bureau Report