As many as 40 children were rescued from a hostel in Rajgarh after four hours of hard effort in the heavy rainfall which has lashed the region for the past two days.
The heavy rains have created havoc across the State. In Talen area of Rajgarh district 40 students of government hostel were marooned after the road connectivity was disrupted with Pachore at 10.30 am and by evening the hostel was flooded with the water of the nearby nullah and the first floor of the hostel was submerged which forced the students to take shelter on the roof. The rescue operation was started by 8.30 pm which was completed by 12.30 in the night after the rescue of the students. Meanwhile a 12-year-old boy in Nasrullahganj under Sehore district swept in the swollen nullah of his area on Sunday morning; the boy was playing with his 14-year-old brother and he was rescued by the locals but failed to rescue the 12-year-old boy.
The boy was identified as Rijju alias Rizwan Khan Rivers in Vidisha, Raisen, Ujjain, Rajgarh and nearby districts have swelled due to the heavy rainfall which has been witnessed for the past two days. Several villages have reported water logging and road connectivity has been disrupted. The water released from Sanjay Sagar Dam has created flood like situations in Sherpur, Duparia, Kasbawadi, Hinotia, Rasulpur and Pipari villages. It was negligence on the part of the dam staff as information of releasing of water was provided to the villagers which left them marooned in the villages.
Road connectivity of Vidisha with Ashok Nagar, Ganjbasoda, Kurwai, lateri, Sironj, Shamshabad has been disrupted due to the swollen Betwa river which is flowing 7 ft over the Betwa bridge.