Flood-like situation in state amid heavy rains

Continuous heavy rainfall across Rajasthan has led to a flood-like situation in several districts, with rivers overflowing and dams releasing massive volumes of water.

- HT Correpsondent

Districts including Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar, Dholpur, and Tonk are witnessing severe impacts, as rivers like Chambal, Parvan, and Rewa swell beyond danger levels.

In Kota, nonstop rainfall has raised water levels in major rivers, forcing authorities to open gates of multiple dams. The Kota Barrage, Bisalpur Dam, Navnera, and Gararda dams are discharging lakhs of cusecs of water, inundating several downstream villages. The situation is particularly grave in Baran and Jhalawar, where the overflowing Parvan river has blocked the Baran-Jhalawar highway. In Bhawanimandi region of Jhalawar, several villages are submerged due to flooding from the Rewa river, making access so difficult that the district collector and SP had to reach the area on a tractor.