WEATHER ALERT: Heavy Rain Wreaks Havoc From Gujarat to Rajasthan

Heavy
ai
has
caused
widesp ead
dis uptio
ac oss
Guja at,
Rajastha
a d
Madhya
P adesh,
with
seve al
i cide ts
i volvi g
damaged
b idges,
wate loggi g,
dis upted
co ectivity
a d
loss
of
life.
I
Kheda,
Guja at,
a
b idge
co ecti g
two
villages
collapsed
afte
heavy
ai
caused
seve e
soil
e osio
a ou d
its
pilla s.
Fo tu ately,
the e
we e
o
casualties
as
the
b idge
had
al eady
bee
decla ed
u safe
a d
closed
to
t affic.
Officials
have
begu
i vestigati g
the
collapse.
I
Ba a ,
Rajastha ,
pa t
of
a
b idge
wall
ove
the
Pa vati
Rive
ea
Jalwada
village
collapsed
just
o e-a d-a-half
mo ths
afte
its
i augu atio
o
Ju e
28,
aisi g
questio s
ove
co st uctio
quality.
Officials
i spected
the
site
a d
said
epai s
would
be
u de take .
Dholpu
also
wit essed
seve e
wate loggi g,
with
seve al
a eas
subme ged
i
k ee-deep
wate
a d
t affic
affected.
I
Uma ia,
Madhya
P adesh,
heavy
ai fall
caused
ive s
a d
st eams
to
swell,
washi g
away
a
b idge
a d
cutti g
off
co ectivity
to
mo e
tha
six
villages.
Tikamga h
faced
seve e
wate loggi g,
with
ai wate
e te i g
a
fe tilize
wa ehouse
a d
damagi g
stock
wo th
lakhs
of
upees.
Mea while,
a
t agic
i cide t
occu ed
i
Maiha ,
whe e
th ee
people,
i cludi g
two
b othe s
a d
thei
mate al
u cle,
we e
swept
away
while
c ossi g
the
fast-flowi g
Ju a
Rive .
The
body
of
five-yea -old
Sa thak
Kushwaha
has
bee
ecove ed,
while
the
sea ch
fo
two
othe s
co ti ues.

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