State capital witnessed heavy rainfall for the first time in this season which was 8.9 cm of rainfall in two and a half hours due to which the streets of the city were flooded.
In the heavy rainfall several trees were uprooted. The roads were flooded and logged leaving commuters to struggle. With the strong winds and heavy rainfall south west monsoon arrived in Mandsaur and Neemuch districts and covered the whole state.
Extreme hot and humid conditions prevailed which was followed by heavy rainfall in the state capital.
The situation in the State capital remained worse as heavy rainfall caused waterlogging on Banganga road and forced drivers to take other routes. On link road number 1, the water on the road was such that even the vehicles of some drivers got damaged. Pedestrians had to face a lot of trouble crossing the road.
In some places, complaints of falling trees also reached the Municipal Corporation. Many low-lying areas were flooded.
Across the state moderate to heavy rainfall would be witnessed in Sidhi, Singrauli, Umaria, Dinda Rei, Katni, Jabalpur, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Betul, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar, Ratlam, Dewas, Ujjain, Shajappur, Mandsaur and Neemuch districts.
The regions which recorded heavy rainfall were Itarsi 14, Amla 13, Narmadapuram, Sonkutch, Budhni, Mankhurd 11, Tarana,
Shamgarh 9 cm. The east Madhya Pradesh regions are likely to witness heavy rainfall, thundery activities in the next 4-5 days, according to the weather warning of the Met.