For the second consecutive day heavy rains lashed the State Capital on Tuesday and heavy rainfall would prevail in the next 48 hours in the State Capital and State.
As many as 35 districts are likely to witness heavy rainfall according to the warning issued by Met department. Several districts which have issued warning on Monday have received heavy rainfall and on Tuesday Met department issued warning of heavy rainfall.
A low pressure area over central part of North Madhya Pradesh has started its movement towards north west Madhya Pradesh which would make system feeble decreasing the rainfall in central part of North Madhya Pradesh while heavy rainfall would be witnessed in several parts of north west Madhya Pradesh in the next 2-3 days.
Most of the parts of Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore and Ujjain divisions and several parts of Rewa, Gwalior, Hoshangabad, Shahdol and Sagar divisions witnessed rainfall in the next 24 hours.
Udaipura and Bhopal recorded 17 cm of rainfall which was the highest in the state in the past 24 hours. Bareli recorded 12 cm, Silwani recorded 11 cm, Bhensadehi recorded 10 cm, Khandwa and Sehore recorded 9 cm, Harda, Icchawar, Narsinghpur and Jabalpur recorded 6 cm, Mandla, Amarkantak, Khategaon, Maheswar, Nasrullahganj, Bhikangoan, Ashta, Khirkiya, Guna, Dhar, Begumganj recorded 5 cm of rainfall. According to the forecast most of the parts of Jabalpur, Sagar, Rewa, Shahdol, Gwalior and Chambal divisions and Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Badwani, Ujjain and Dhar districts and several places in Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Ujjain( except Ujjain) and Indore (except Indore) would receive heavy rainfall.