At least 12 people including four women and five children were killed when a huge pile of garbage collapsed on their huts even as the harsh weather conditions have played havoc across the State disrupting normal life on Thursday.
Twelve people including five children and four women were killed when a garbage heap fell at Gadarwara town, 50 km from Narsinghpur district due to heavy rainfalls. In the incident 15 people were injured while 20 people were suspected to be still trapped under the debris. Town Inspector of Gadarwara S Mishra said that massive heaps of garbage are formed near the cremation ground and few illegal shanties have mushroomed on the boundary lines of the cremation ground.
Due to the heavy rains the heaps of garbage spilled and the weak shanties which were damaged in the heavy rains were ruined and the people dwelling in the shanties were killed, injured and several are still trapped, he added.
The administration started the rescue operation after receiving the information. The harsh weather condition and bad light made the rescue work difficult. The search operation for survivors was carried till late in the evening.
Besides, several parts of Hoshangabad divisions are disconnected due to heavy rainfall. Pipariya, Pachmarhi, Bankhedi, Sohagpur and Babai have been disconnected with other parts of the nearby area due to heavy rainfalls in the last two days and low lying areas were vacated due to water logging. As many as 13 sluices gates of Tawa dam were opened.
Weathermen have predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall across the state in the next 48 hours. As the activity of the monsoon has intensified the state is going to receive more rains in the next 2-3 days.
The regions of the West MP region Bhopal, Ujjain, Hoshangabad, Indore and Gwalior are likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next 2-3 days.
State capital received 1.2 mm while Bairagarh received .4 mm of rainfall on Thursday. Khajuraho received 18 mm of rainfall, Sagar received 35 mm of rainfall, Damoh received 17 mm of rainfall, Hoshangabad received 20 mm of rainfall, Narsinghpur received 62 mm of rainfall and Pachmari received 80 mm of rainfall on Thursday.