Overall rainfall has exceeded in the state by 18 percent and spell of heavy rainfall has been witnessed at several places and has been reduced to few places still water logging and swollen water bodies have been reported across the state.
Rivers are overflowing due to incessant rains in the state, it has received 13.28 inches of rain which is 2 inches (18%) higher than normal (11.24 inches). The Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy rain in 27 districts of the state. In the Chowki Talaiya area of Bhopal also, a house collapsed on Friday night due to rain.
The Meteorological Department has issued heavy rain alerts in Shahdol, Seoni, Mandla, Balaghat, Katni, Sagar, Damoh, Raisen, Vidisha, Guna and Ashoknagar. Light to heavy rain is forecasted in 27 districts including Bhopal during the next 48 hours.
The maximum rainfall during 24 hours was 2.44 inches in Bhopal, 2.24 inches in Narsinghpur, 0.20 inches in Indore, 0.75 inches in Jabalpur, 0.96 inches in Gwalior. Water fell 1.41 inches in Khandwa, 0.98 inches in Pachmarhi, 0.90 inches in Guna, 2.5 inches in Raisen, 1.29 inches in Mandla. Dhar, Chhindwara, Ratlam, Damoh, Betul, Datia, Ujjain, Naugaon, Satna, Khajuraho, Sagar and Khargone also received rain.
The Low Pressure Area is active along the Odisha coast with a cyclone. A clear low pressure area has also become active over the Arabian Sea. The Monsoon Trough extends from Low Pressure to East-central Bay of Bengal via Desa-Sagar, Pendra Road- Hirakud and Low Pressure. Also, there is a Trough parallel to Maharashtra Coast from Gujarat Coast.
For this reason, the middle of Madhya Pradesh is getting more rain.
In Narmadapuram, 11 gates of Tawa Dam have to be opened.
The water level of the Kshipra river in Ujjain is increasing continuously. Train traffic disrupted due to heavy rains on the Itarsi-Amla section has been restored.