Heavy rainfall lashed the state capital late in the night and which continued for hours on Sunday; in the day on Monday it was bright sunshine and clear weather conditions prevailed with intermittent rainfall.
Flood conditions were witnessed in the low-lying areas. It rained in Bhopal since afternoon, drizzling and heavy rainfall were witnessed. In 24 hours, 2 inches of water has fallen in Bhopal.
The Met has issued warning of heavy rainfall in the districts of Bhopal and Ujjain divisions and in Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Dhar, Indore, Guna, Narsinhghpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Balaghat, Sagar district.
Alert of very heavy rainfall has been issued for Narmadapuram division in the next 24 hours.
Heavy rain in Rajgarh for 4 hours has worsened the situation in Sandawata, Harana and Bhayana villages of the district. Due to the intermittent rain since 3 pm, the houses were flooded. Sandawata is the adopted model village of MP Rodmal Nagar.
Due to heavy rains the gates of Tawa Dam had to be opened for the second time this season. On Sunday night, all the 13 gates were opened up to 10 feet and water was released.
On the other hand, late night storm-water has created a flood situation in Itarsi city. A part of the newly constructed Sukhtwa bridge on Bhopal-Nagpur National Highway-69 was washed away. This bridge is between Narmadapuram-Betul. This temporary bridge was built after the old bridge of Sukhtwa was broken.