Fifty-nine people were rescued on Sunday from Rajasthan’s Jalore, Sirohi and Barmer districts, which are facing a flood-like situation due to heavy rains caused by cyclonic storm Biparjoy, officials said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot spoke to the District Collectors of Jalore, Sirohi, Barmer and Pali during the day. The situation is under control and continuous monitoring is going on, officials added.
State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) Commander Rajkumar Gupta said 39 civilians who were stranded in the flood-hit Od Basti town of Bhinmal town in Jalore have been rescued and shifted to safer places. Twenty people trapped in their houses due to waterlogging in low-lying areas of Dhaurimanna town in Barmer district were rescued by force personnel, he said.
Police said four people, including a woman, were killed in two separate rain-related incidents in Barmer and Rajsamand districts.
Barmer’s police station officer Sevda Hansaram said two minor brothers drowned in a pond in Gangasara village on Sunday morning. The bodies were fished out and handed over to their family members after autopsy.
Rajsamand police control room said Premsingh Rajput (45) died due to a landslide in Baghota village and Lali Bai (48) died after a balcony of a house fell on her in the village under Kelwa police station.
Rajasthan Disaster and Relief Secretary PC Kishan said, “A heavy rain warning is also in place for the next 15-20 hours. Our teams are on alert.” He said several dams in Pindwara, Abu Road and Rewar are now full. The level of Batisa dam in Sirohi is 315 meters and water is being released from the dam.
According to the Disaster Management Department, heavy rains were recorded in many areas. According to the meteorological department, 226 mm of rainfall was recorded in Pali’s Airan Pura Road, 155 mm in Sirohi, 123 mm in Jalore and 91 mm in Jodhpur City from morning to evening on Sunday.
Till 8.30 am on Sunday, 336 mm of rainfall was recorded in Chitalwana of Jalore, 291 mm in Jaswantpura, 317 mm in Raniwada, 315 mm in Shivganj, 270 mm in Sumerpur, 266 mm in Chohtan, 256 mm in Dhorimanna mm , 243 mm in Reodhar and 240mm in Bali, the Met Office said. Many other places recorded rainfall in the range of 67-203 mm.
Jaipur Meteorological Center in-charge Radheshyam Sharma said heavy to very heavy rainfall was recorded in Jalore, Sirohi, Barmer and Pali districts and many other parts of the state in the last 24 hours.
Heavy rainfall is being witnessed in Pali, Rajsamand, Ajmer and Udaipur districts and adjoining areas, he said. Sharma said isolated places of Ajmer and Udaipur divisions may experience heavy to very heavy rainfall during the next 24 hours.
He also said that a red alert has been issued in Pali, Sirohi, Rajsamand and Udaipur for the next 24 hours. Heavy to very heavy rainfall will continue at isolated places over Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Tonk, Bundi, Jaipur, Nagaur and Jalore, the official added. Sharma said light to moderate rainfall may also occur in Hanumangarh, Ganganagar, Chur and Bikaner.
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