State capital witnessed heavy rainfall in the evening, wait for monsoon is over in state as monsoon arrived on Thursday in Khandwa-Betul.
With this, clouds covered Bhopal, Indore and Ujjain after a day's heat and humidity in Bhopal, it started raining in the evening. Apart from this, rain was also recorded in Khajuraho, Narsinghpur, Betul, Naugaon, Damoh, Satna, Rewa, Malajkhand, Gwalior, Guna till evening.
As soon as the monsoon came, Betul, Bhind received 1.5 inches , Mandsaur and Khandwa 1 inch each, Gwalior, Datia, Sehore and Vidisha received 0.5 inch of rain. It also rained in Shivpuri, Narmadapuram, Raisen and Pachmarhi. About 1 inch of rain fell in Pachmarhi. Monsoon may enter Bhopal and Indore within the next 72 hours. Monsoon will reach Indore before Bhopal.
A 55-year-old woman died due to lightning in Ashoknagar on Thursday afternoon. The woman was picking mangoes that fell down due to wind blowing under a mango tree some distance away from her house.
By Wednesday, the pre-monsoon showers had started falling in some areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar.
In many areas, there was a thick cloud cover since Thursday morning. The Meteorological Department said that the monsoon coming from Arabian Sea is active only in Betul and Khandwa. It can reach Indore within 48 hours of this. Monsoon may enter Bhopal in 72 hours. The entry of monsoon from the Bay of Bengal via Jabalpur can happen on Friday.
During the next 24 hours, there may be light to heavy rains in many areas in Madhya Pradesh. The Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy rain at isolated places in Umaria, Dindori, Katni, Panna, Damoh, Sagar and Chhatarpur. Along with this, light to moderate rain may occur at isolated places in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Narmadapuram, Gwalior, Chambal, Rewa, Anuppur, Shahdol, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat, Tikamgarh and Niwari.