Monsoon has covered the entire Madhya Pradesh within 24 hours of its entry on Saturday. It started raining heavily in Bhopal after Sunday afternoon. Due to which the roads were flooded in many areas. It has rained in many districts including Jabalpur, Gwalior, Bhind, Guna, Khajuraho, Raisen, Shivpuri, Mandla and Sagar.
Monsoon entered the state from Mandla district on Saturday. In the first four to five days, it was expected to spread across the state.
The Meteorological Department says that today the monsoon has covered the entire Madhya Pradesh. Heavy rain has been warned in Rewa, Shahdol and Narmadapuram. It has spread across the state on Sunday. There is a possibility of heavy rains for the next 2 days.
The first monsoon rain has exposed the arrangements in the capital Bhopal. Due to the rain on Sunday evening, the low-lying areas were filled with water. Roads were seen submerged. Due to which people had to face a lot of trouble.
The canal of the irrigation department overflowed in zone number 13 of ward number 55 of the city. Due to which the slum around the cremation ground was filled with water. Apart from this, due to rain in Bairagarh also, a situation of water-logging has been created in the lower settlements. Water was flooded in Manit, Patrakar Colony and Jumerti Market.
Due to heavy rains in Jabalpur, the wall of Naveen Vidya Bhavan in Napier Town collapsed, 4 cars have been damaged due to wall collapse. No one was present around during the incident.
Sidhi, Satna, Rewa and Ratlam have received more than 1 inch of rain in the last 24 hours. 1.74 in Sidhi, 1.66 in Satna, 1.24 in Rewa while 1 inch of rainfall was reported in Ratlam.