Extreme weather conditions disrupted normal life across the state and the state capital was among the major impacted areas in the past two days of heavy rainfall.
In the morning, a fisherman got stuck while fishing near gate number-13 who was rescued by BMC staff, he was rescued after being trapped for two hours.
People also suffered a lot due to water logging in shops and houses. Rain created havoc in areas like Chola, Ashoka Garden, Banganga, Kolar Road, Nayapura, Lalita Nagar, Mandakini, Chunabhatti, Shahpura, Bharat Nagar, Shivnagar, Karond including Hoshangabad Road, Kolar Road, Raisen Road, Bairagarh etc.
Due to good rains in the catchment area, the water level of Bada Pond has increased. Due to this, 3 gates of Bhadbhada and Kaliasot Dam have been opened. Bhopal's average rainfall is 42 inches and in the season 37 inches of rain has been recorded.
The Meteorological Department has issued an alert for very heavy rain in Indore, Ujjain, Narmadapuram and Jabalpur divisions for the next 24 hours. There is an orange alert of rain in all the four divisions. Forecast of heavy rain in Bhopal, Shahdol, Sagar, Sheopur Kalan and Chhatarpur
There is a lot of moisture in the state. In such a situation, it will continue to rain like this for the next 24 hours. A low pressure area is forming again from August 13. Due to this, there is a possibility of good rain in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain and adjoining areas on August 15.
Moderate to heavy at isolated places in Bhopal, Raisen, Rajgarh, Vidisha, Sehore, Indore, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Dewas, Agar-Malwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ujjain, Shajapur, Anuppur, Dindori, Balaghat, Seoni, Betul, Harda and Narmadapuram Rain is forecast. Heavy rain is expected in Khargone, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Barwani Dhar.