New Delhi, Sep 1 (Reporter) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), led by the Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) to assess damages caused by rainfall and floods in Gujarat, an official said on Sunday. According to a Home' Ministry statement, the IMCT will shortly visit the flood affected districts of the state. During 25-30 August, Gujarat was severely affected by heavy to extremely heavy rainfall due to a deep depression formed over Rajasthan and Gujarat. The states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were also affected by heavy to very heavy rainfall. During the year, Himachal Pradesh has also been affected by several spells of heavy rainfall, cloudbursts and landslides. The Home Ministry is in touch with senior officers of these states, and will depute IMCT there as well, if the severe damages are reported by them. During the current monsoon season, some other states have been affected by heavy rainfall, floods, cloudbursts, landslides etc. It may be mentioned that in August 2019, the Home Ministry has constituted IMCTs which have visited the flood and landslides affected states of Assam, Kerala, Mizoram, and Tripura in advance for on the spot assessment of the damages, without waiting for their memorandum. IMCT for Nagaland has also been constituted, which will visit the affected areas of the State shortly. In the past, the IMCT used to visit the disaster affected states only after the receipt of memorandum from the state government, the statement added...////...