Vadodara: With the recovery of the body of a fisherman in the district on September 6, the toll in the current spell of heavy rain in Gujarat has mounted to 21.

Official sources on September 7 said the body of Hashmukh V was found as the flood in Narmada river in Karjan Taluka of the Vadodara district receded.

Meanwhile, the body of a youth, identified as Karasmi Bharvad, who was washed away in the flooded Vishvamitri river in the city on September 6, was fished out from swollen Vishwamitri River at Sama late on September 6 evening, Fire Brigade said.

The water level at Golden Bridge at Bharuch has gone down and the Narmada river was flowing much below the danger level, the sources said. The water was flowing at 6.50 mt at this bridge.

The water continued to overflow at Sardar Sarovar dam site at Kevadiya at 102 mt on September 7 afternoon, the sources said.

In Bharuch, about 2000 rain-hit people from three talukas in Bharuch district continued to remain in relief camps, the sources said.

PTI