Madhya Pradesh would not get any relief in the next 2-3 days as warning of very heavy to heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours has been issued by the Met department.
Continuous rainfall has resulted in floods and flood like situations at several places in the state. Rajgarh, Sehore, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Agar Malwa regions have witnessed swollen rivers and disrupted road connectivity for the past 3-4 days.
Met department has issued warning of very heavy to heavy rainfall in Ujjain division, Sagar, Indore, Alirajpur, Jhabua and Dhar districts. The department has issued warning of heavy rainfall in Rajgarh, Sehore, Guna, Shivpuri, Badwani, Khargone and Ashok Nagar districts. City received 71.7 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours and has received 61 percent more than the normal rainfall in the season.
In the season city receives 106 cm and the city has received 62 cm in the season. The rainfall received in the month of June and July was recorded at 67 cm in the year 2005 which was highest in the past two decades and in the current weather conditions the record might break.
Among the major cities Indore received 85.1 mm of rainfall while Gwalior received 19 mm and Jabalpur received very less rainfall in the past 24 hours.
In the next 24 hours most of the places of Ujjain and Indore division except Khargone, Khandwa and Burhanpur districts of division and Rajgarh and Sehore districts, several places in Bhopal, Gwalior and Hoshangabad divisions would witness thundery activities and light rainfall in the next 24 hours.
According to the forecast by Met department the spell of continuous very heavy and heavy rainfall would continue.
Jawra received the highest amount of rainfall in the past 24 hours at 38 cm. Among other regions which received heavy rainfall measured in cm were Maheedpur 29, Agar 28, Saelana 26, Petlawad 25, Ratlam 24, Bhanpura and Nalkheda 21, Bhahbra 20, Mandsaur 18, Depalpur 16, Gautampura 15, Ujjain and Neemuch 14, Dhar and Manasa 12.
Meanwhile, 18 districts in the state have registered above normal rainfall including Narsinghpur, Indore, Dhar, Khandwa, Ujjain, Vidisha, Ratlam, Dewas, Shajapur, Agar, Gwalior, Guna, Bhopal, Sehore, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ashok Nagar and Mandsaur.
Normal rainfall was witnessed in 27 districts including Jabalpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Dindori, Sagar, Damoh, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Rewa, Sidhi, Singrauli, Satna, Shahdol, Umaria, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Khargone, Barwani, Neemuch, Morena, Bhind, Shivpuri, Datia, Hoshangabad, Harda and Betul.
Scanty rains have been registered in Katni, Balaghat, Panna, Anuppur, Burhanpur and Sheopur districts.
State’s 10 dams including Bargi, Tawa, Barna, Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar, Jobat, Man, Upper Beda, Sardar Sarovar, Gurudeshwar and rivers at 6 places including Hoshangabad, Handia, Mortakka, Mandleshwar, Khalghat and Barwani Rajghat are below danger mark.