A low pressure area over Chhattisgarh, system over Bay of Bengal and cyclonic movement over Gujarat has induced the heavy rainfall which has disrupted normal life across the state and the spell of heavy rainfall would continue for the next 2-3 days said Met department.
The state capital received 4.7 inches of rainfall on Tuesday within a period of 7-8 hours leaving the city flooded and water logged. Three divisions Bhopal, Indore and Hoshangabad received heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours.
Met department has issued Red alert (Very Heavy Rainfall) for Bhopal, Sehore, Raisen, Rajgarh, Vidisha, Hoshangabad, Harda and Betul districts in the next 24 hours.
The other regions which would receive heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours are Balaghat, Mandla, Seoni, Anuppur, Dindori, Sagar, Damoh, Chhindwara, Narsinghpur, Agar, Shajapur, Dewas and Khandwa districts.
Due to heavy rainfall for the past 24 hours in Shahpura of Betul the road connectivity has been disrupted on Betul- Bhopal NH69 due to swelling of Sukhi River. Betul has also lost road connectivity with Hoshangabad in the heavy rains.
Among other river Kshipra in Ujjain, Betwa in Raisen and Vidisha swelled due to heavy rainfall. In the heavy rainfall wall of an under-construction dam collapsed which lead to water logging in several farms of the area.
A disaster management control center has been established in the state capital to tackle emergency situation in the district. State Disaster Management Team has been on alert for emergency situation.
In the past 24 hours Budhni and Dindori recorded the highest rainfall at 15 cm, Sehore and Hoshangabad recorded rainfall at 12 cm, lanjhi recorded 8 cm of rainfall, Hatta recorded 7 cm of rainfall, Chindwara and Katangi recorded 6 cm of rainfall, Ichhawar recorded 5 cm of rainfall while Narsinghpur, Amarkantak, Anuppur, Sagar, Agar and Shajapur each recorded 4 cm rainfall.