The city received record-breaking rainfall in the past 24 hours. For the first time, 12 inch rainfall was recorded in a night. Four people died in the city during the rainfall. Previously in 1973 on July 22, 23.7 cm rainfall was recorded.
On Friday night the monsoon created havoc in the city as it recorded 12 inches of rainfall in a six hours. Not only houses in the lower areas, but posh colonies in the city as well got flooded due to the heavy rainfall.
The electricity supply went off in more than 50 colonies for six hours. The rivers and drains swelled. As per the Met department, Bhopal city recorded 23.4 cm till morning which is around 10 inches and Bhopal airport recorded 17.54 cm which is around seven inches.
In view of the situation, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan called an emergency meeting on Saturday in the CM House. At the meeting, he gave directions to the concerned officials to keep the situation under control. He said that in 51 districts 4,000 Home Guards have been posted. Trained soldiers and 108 ambulances have been sent to high alert areas.
With the Friday night rainfall, 85 per cent quota of the July rainfall has been covered. In July itself more than 31 cm rainfall has been recorded.
The level of Narmada river in Hoshangabad is continuously rising. All the 13 gates of Tawa dam has been opened due to the heavy rainfall. All the roads have been closed in Raisen due to heavy rains. The Bhopal-Jabalpur Bharna bridge is five feet under water. Even Vidisha-Raisen Road has been closed.