Rivers overflow on roads; Villages become island; Heavy rains in Jodhpur, Udaipur divisions predicted
Thousands of people were left stranded in several areas of Sirohi and Jalore as spell of heavy rain continued to lash the region. Angaur Dam in Sirohi was damaged due to overflowing following which the administration issued an alert. Meanwhile, tourists in Mount Abu are facing difficulty in getting transport facilities in and out of the hill station due to heavy downpour.
Mount Abu received a whooping 1,724mm rainfall in the past four days with 730mm of rains recorded in the past 24 hours. Sirohi, Jalore and Pali districts are continuously receiving heavy rainfall for the last 72 hrs causing flood-like situation in many rural areas.
Barmer district also received abnormal rainfall during the last 24 hours. The situation in Sanchore is quite grim after the town is flooded due to heavy rainfall in the area damaging Sanchore lift canal. As per water resource department report, about 75,000 people are affected in Sanchore and due to water overflowing the highway, the area has become completely disconnected from other parts of the region.
The gushing water also damaged Anugaur Dam in Sirohi upto 7 feet. Taking cognisance, the administration has issued an alert in the catchment areas and restricted movement of people living in the nearby areas. In Rajasthan, the continuous rainfall filled 90 dams including 18 on Tuesday alone. 15 dams in Sirohi are filled 88 per cent in which nine dams are overflowing. Sirohi district administration has declared holiday in government schools on Wednesday also in wake of grim situation of flood and waterlogging.
The Jalore administration continued rescue operations and rescued 142 person who were stranded amidst rains that caused rivers to overflow on the street and fields. “Situation in Jalore is under control now. The administration has set up camps. Food packets and relief materials have been distributed to the affected. 142 persons have been rescued by the NDRF teams,” informed Laxmi Narayan Soni, Jalore collector.
The MeT department has issued warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall in south-western and south-eastern parts of the state, which covers Jodhpur and Udaipur division, during the next 24 hours.
TWO WOMEN DROWN
Two woman drowned while crossing river in Udaipur on Tuesday. The villagers tried to rescue them but failed. Later, bodies were recovered from a far-off location. Udaipur collector Bishnu Charan Mallick informed that two women were trying to cross a river in Kotda when they were washed away in strong current of the river and drowned. Their bodies were fished out by the locals after they were spotted at a distant location, added the collector saying that despite warning and awareness campaign the people take risk to cross the river. several rivers in the entire state are overflowing.
TRAIN DIVERTED
Due to heavy rain and breaches in Samdari-Bhildi rail section affected train no.14805 Yashwantpur-Barmer Exp was diverted via Palanpur-Marwar-Luni-Samdari on Tuesday. Several others trains were also cancelled due to heavy rains and tracks being submerged in waters.
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