Heavy rains in the past 24 hours have created havoc at several places in the State. Vidisha, Rajgarh, Agar and Malwa regions have witnessed swollen rivers due to the heavy rainfall in the past two days.
Road connectivity has either been lost or disrupted at several places in the State.
Betwa river has swollen in the continuous heavy rains and several temples were sub- merged. The road link between Ashok Nagar and Vidisha was completely disconnected.
Among the nearby regions, Raisen witnessed heavy rainfall which has broken the road connectivity with Vidisha and Sanchi. Another nearby region Hoshangabad has witnessed broken roads from the State Capital to Hoshangabad due to heavy rainfall which has led to traffic jams for the past few days.
Dudhi river swelled creating huge traffic snarls along Agra-Mumbai NH-3. The water level was around 6-7 ft above bridge at the NH-3, taking the traffic to a complete halt and huge bee line of vehicles was witnessed on both the sides of the bridge.
The Met department has claimed that the State would receive good rainfall in the next 2-3 days. The system over the State has induced heavy rainfall and along with the active existing systems a system would be witnessed over Bay of Bengal which could reach the State by July 28-29 and would induce good rainfall in East MP. The system would have less effect over West MP region. Among the regions which received heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours were Agar (27 cm), Ganjbasoda (14 cm) and Kannod (12 cm).
Warning of very heavy rains in Ujjain division and Rajgarh district and heavy rainfall in Bhopal, Vidisha, Dhar, Indore, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Sheopur Kalan in the next 24 hours has been issued by Met department. The city witnessed 6 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours while Indore received 2.5 cm of rainfall.