Heavy rainfall continued to play havoc at several places while small rivers including Narmada, Tapti, Betwa, Shipra are overflowing due to heavy rains in Bhopal, Jabalpur, Narmadapuram in Madhya Pradesh.
It has been raining heavily from 2 pm on Wednesday in Bhind. Due to this, the water level of river Sindh at Parraich Ghat increased. Due to this, more than 50 trucks coming to fill sand on the ghat got stuck. It is being said that illegal mining of sand from the river is being done here. The administration has imposed a ban on lifting sand from the river during rains from July to September.
Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur are likely to experience light rain from Wednesday to July 22.
According to the weather department, the low pressure area has weakened and turned into cyclonic activity. Cyclone is currently active over West Madhya Pradesh. Other cyclonic activity is active over southern Jharkhand.
Monsoon trough extends from Bikaner, Jaipur, Guna to Satna, Daltonganj, Purulia, Digha and northeast Bay of Bengal. A trough extends parallel to the southern Gujarat coast to the Karnataka coast. Due to this Monsoon K Badal has shifted to Gwalior-Chambal, Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand.
Heavy rainfall would be witnessed in Sagar, Chambal and Gwalior divisions and Katni, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat, Vidisha, Raisen and Narmadapuram districts. Thundery activities would be witnessed in Jabalpur, Bhopal, Sagar, Chambal and Gwalior divisions and Dhar, Betul and Narmadapuram districts.