Torrential rains lash Rajasthan: 2 dead, houses inundated, highways cut off; orange alert for Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh

NEW DELHI: Torrential rains lashed parts of Rajasthan on Friday, leaving two people dead and submerging low-lying areas in Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Kota and Bhilwara districts.

Sawai Madhopur’s Palli Par area was among the worst hit, with several houses inundated after the tehsil recorded the state’s highest rainfall of 254 mm in 24 hours, the Met Centre in Jaipur said.

Traffic on National Highway-552 came to a halt after a culvert collapsed, disrupting vehicular movement.

In Bhilwara’s Bijolia, 170 mm of rain caused the Panchanpura dam to overflow and the Eru river to swell. In Kota, three gates of the Kota Barrage were opened to release 25,000 cusecs of water, flooding several colonies in Kapren town of Bundi and cutting off connectivity to rural areas.

The downpour also turned fatal. In Ajmer, a man drowned while bathing in a dam on his birthday, while in Jaipur’s Chaksu area, a couple on a motorcycle was swept away in the swollen Dhundh river. Locals rescued the husband, but the wife was carried away by the current, police said.

The weather office has sounded an orange alert for Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and Pratapgarh, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall. Light to moderate showers are also expected across most of eastern Rajasthan and parts of the west.



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