Heavy rain disrupted normal life in the State Capital and other parts of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. Bhopal was disconnected from other major cities as the roads and bridges were submerged.
A continuous spell of heavy rain for the last three days has cut off the city from Raisen, Vidisha, Sehore, Hoshangabad and Rajgarh. Water was overflowing the bridges along the roads.
The rain that started on Friday night continued till Sunday evening, with a break for a couple of hours on mid-day Sunday providing a bit relief to the Bhopalites.
There was waterlogging in the low-lying areas of the city besides many roads were submerged. Traffic on the roads was moving slow though the volume was less the day being Sunday.
The conditions in Hoshangabad were also pathetic due to continuous rain; the water level of Narmada river at the Sethani Ghat was recorded at 946 feet and is continuously rising while the danger mark here is 967 feet.
In Itarsi 13 gates of Tawa dam were open up to 7 feet till Saturday night due to which there were probabilities that the water level of Narmada river would further rise in Hoshangabad. Over 66, 000 cusec water has been released from the Tawa dam till yesterday night.
In Sarni also six gates of Satpura dam have been opened up to 4 four feet and 20, 400 cusec of water has been released through them due to which contact of many villages has been cut off from the city, including rehabilitation centre Chopna and loniya panchayat.
Vidisha has been cut off from Ashok Nagar due to continuous rain, Betwa river is on the spate and the water was flowing over its bridge. Two gates each of Sanjay Sagar dam and Sagad dam of the districts have been opened. Dhasan river in Sagar is also in spate due to incessant rain and the roads connecting the city from Bina, Bhopal and Vidisha have been cut off. life in Bina has gone out of gear as the Betwa and Bina rivers in the district are in spate.