Bhopal

Continuous rain throws life out of gear in Mandsaur

PNS

Incessant rains since last three days have thrown normal life out of gear in Mandsaur district of the State. All the rivers and nullahs of the district are in spate and are flowing above danger mark.

Shivna river flowing near Mandsaur is in the spate   and has entered the sanctum sanctorum of the Pashupatinath temple besides engulfing the whole temple underwater besides the river water also entered the city.

Sensing danger the police administration took out the devotees from the temple.

The Shivna water is running over a foot high on the new bridge constructed over the river. It is for the first time that people of Mandsaur have seen such a scene.

The district administration on its part has declared high alert in the district and is especially keeping vigil over the low lying areas of the district and people are being evacuated from the low-lying areas due to continuous rains. People from the areas inundated are being shifted to safe places.

Many villages of the district are facing the fury of the floods as it is water everywhere.

The condition of many villages is badly off as the administrative help could not reach there.

Madhya Pradesh Madarsa Board Chairman Syed Imad Ali instructed the District Madarsa Centre (DMC) to run relief and rescue operations.

Following his orders the coordinator of the DMC Shahid Ali Qureshi, Jouranalist Nemichand Rathore and other social activists of the city distributed food packets in the flood affected areas.

Besides, stay arrangements of flood victims is also made in the Madarsas.