People in the State have got much relief from excessive rains and floods due to slackening of monsoon in Madhya Pradesh. So far, 834.9 mm rainfall has been registered in the State.
In all, 45 districts have received normal and remaining 5 districts normal rainfall. The districts having received normal rainfall include Anuppur, Shahdol, Dindori, Umaria and Balaghat.
During the week ending on August 7, 87.3 mm rains were registered all over the State.Meanwhile, 1,21,819 cusec water was released from 5 gates of Omkareshwar dam in Khandwa district, 50,846 cusecs from 12 gates of Indira Sagar dam and 2,4670 cusecs from 5 gates of Tawa dam in Hoshangabad district.
So far, rains and floods have killed 52 people and 237 cattle heads and damaged 12 thousand 883 houses and crops in 1,439 hectare. In the last 24 hours Ganjbasoda received the highest rainfall and recorded 9 cm of rainfall. Seoni recorded 7 cm of rainfall, Jabalpur and Mandla recorded 4 cm of rainfall, Sagar and Rajgarh recorded 3 cm of rainfall.
According to the forecast of the State rainfall is going to be witnessed across the State. Thundershowers and rainfall are likely to occur in several places across all the divisions of the State.
The State capital received 0.7 mm of rainfall on Wednesday. Gwalior recorded 1 cm of rainfall while Jabalpur received highest rainfall among the major cities which was 3.6 cm.
The day temperatures are reeling around 28 to 30 degree Celsius which will remain in the same range for the next few days and steep changes in the temperatures are not likely to occur. The city will witness cloudy weather and few heavy spells in the city in the next 24 hours.