Spell of heavy rainfall has been witnessed across the state after the monsoon covered the whole state and people stranded at different water bodies or waterlogged places have been rescued.
About 8.5 inches of rain has been recorded in Narsinghpur district in the last 24 hours. Here on the Jabalpur-Itarsi railway track, erosion has taken place in the soil of the Barurewa railway bridge. Due to which the routes of many trains have been diverted. A pickup got washed away in the strong current of Hiran river in Jabalpur. In Seoni's Kevalari block, people stranded in Van Ganga river were rescued by helicopter.
Warning of very heavy rainfall has been issued for Chhindwara, Seoni, Dewas, Alirajpur and Sehore districts.
Heavy rainfall warning has been issued for Narsinghpur, Balaghat, Sagar, Chattarpur, Sidhi, Rewa, Satna, Anuppur, Umaria, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Guna, Ujjain, Barwani, Jhabua, Dhar, Rajgarh, Raisen and Vidisha districts.
Six people got stuck on a river island in Kharpadian village in Kevalari block of Seoni district. Those who are being rescued with the help of helicopter. This includes 1 female and 5 males. It is being told that these people had gone for cattle grazing. Suddenly the water level of the river increased here. Due to which they got stuck on the place. Kevalari police and administrative officials are present on the spot.
CM Shivraj Singh has given information about the rescue by tweeting. He said that I am constantly in touch with the Collector and rescue operation officials present on the spot.
The pickup vehicle was swept away while crossing the Hiran river bridge in Jabalpur. The accident took place in Gada Ganiyari village under Majhauli police station area. Police and NDRF teams have reached the spot.
The diversion bridge built across the Mankunwar river at Lamta on the Balaghat-Mandla National Highway was washed away. Mandla's contact with Balaghat has been severed. This bridge was built 1 month 26 days back. Four-wheeler traffic has been stopped on the Jabalpur-Panagar road due to flowing of a part of the river. Aadhartal-Damoh is being taken out of the bypass via Naka.
Between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Wednesday, 79 mm or more than 3 inches of water fell in Damoh while Satna, Pachmarhi and Rewa also received heavy rains. It rained 2 inches in Satna, 1.25 inches in Pachmarhi and about 1 inch in Rewa. More than half an inch of rain was recorded in Umaria, Shivpuri, Chhindwara and Ujjain. Khajuraho recorded 9.4 mm, Jabalpur 8.8 mm, Raisen, Dhar and Mandla 8 mm, Sidhi Guna 3 mm. It also rained in Bhopal, Betul, Narmadapuram, Seoni.