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Heavy rains hit life in Madhya Pradesh

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Low-lying areas of Bhopal flooded; villagers along the Narmada and its tributaries alerted

PHOTO: A.M. Faruqui

INUNDATED: The scene at a flooded street in Bhopal after heavy rain lashed the State capital on Monday.

BHOPAL: Normal life was affected in 32 Madhya Pradesh districts, including the State capital, on Monday due to heavy rain lashing most parts of the State since Sunday.

According to information received here, Mandla, Dindori, Chhindwara, Sagar, Damoh and Vidisha were the most severely affected districts. Vehicle movement on major highways had not been affected but a large number of villages were cut off from other parts of the State due to torrential rain over the past 24 hours.

The Narmada was flowing one foot below the danger mark at Mandla on Monday afternoon and the road link between Mandla and Dindori remained disrupted.

In view of the forecast that the present spell of monsoon rain would continue to lash eastern Madhya Pradesh during the next 24 hours, the villagers along the Narmada and its tributaries have been alerted and the authorities in the rain-affected districts have been asked to remain fully prepared with contingency plans to face any eventuality.

Even the low-lying areas in the State capital had been deluged by a delayed spell of continuous downpour since Sunday evening. In some parts of old Bhopal, roads and lanes are completely submerged and people were seen rowing boats in some areas adjoining the Bhopal railway station. The worst affected localities in this part of the city were Mahamai ka Bag, Pushpa Nagar and Kammu ki Bagia.

Traffic affected in Uttaranchal

Vehicluar traffic has been badly affected in many parts of Uttaranchal as heavy rains lashed the State for the past two days.

Vehicles are moving on a snail's pace on many roads including the Rikesikesh-Badrinath National Highway, Rudraprayag, Gaurikund, Kedarnath, Karnaprayag, Gwaldam, Thripak, Kandai, Gopeshwar and Okhimath, officials said.

The Alakananda river, its tributaries Dhavli, Nandakini Virahee, Panar, Mandakini, Ramganga Nayar rivers have submerged kharif crops and continue to pose a serious danger to embankments and agricultural land in the hill region, they said.

Supply of ration and other essential commodities were also hit due to transportion difficulties and water and power supply were affected. Communication facilites were also affected.

The weather conditions have also affected movement of pilgrims to holy shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and other tourists resorts in the Uttaranchal. Nearly 5,000 pilgrims and tourists were reported stranding on verious routes due to land slides in many parts of the state.

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