About two dozen of villagers of Marri village in Ambagarh Chowki block of Rajnandgaon district were reportedly caught in the flash flood in a nullah flowing in the area. Some of the villagers are stated to be washed away in the flood waters.
Notably, due to incessant rains in the district for last some days, Shivnath River is in spate leading to flood like situation in its tributaries. The Nullah flowing from Marri village also joins Shivnath at some distance from the village. Due to sharp increase in the water level of Shivnath the nullah also swelled up causing flood in which about two dozen people of the village were caught.
District Collector Ashok Agrawal said that while a team of home guards has been sent to the village to help people, a team of divers along with a boat has also been dispatched to rescue the villagers safely.
Meanwhile, news of
some villagers having been washed away in the flood waters led to panic in the area as officials were not able to reach to the affected people due to inundation in the village. However, on the directives of district police superintendent Sanjiv Shukla , Ambagarh Chowki Sub Divisional Police Officer Maheshwar Nag and Thana In-charge Yadumani Sidar left for the village to take stock of the situation.