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Monsoon Flash Floods in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan Kill Eight, Search Continues for Missing Child

Officials cite a sudden hill‑stream surge in Bilaspur and Google Maps routing to a closed Banas bridge during dam releases.

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Five members managed to save themselves by climbing onto the van, while four others drowned in the river. (Representative photo)
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Overview

  • In Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, three children and a man from the Dhruv family drowned after a flash flood struck near Bhanwartank’s Marhi Mata temple.
  • The deceased were identified as Balram Dhruv, 45, and children Mitan, 5, Muskan, 13, and Gauri, 13, with SDRF, police and revenue teams recovering the bodies and sending them for post-mortem.
  • Police said about 40 relatives and friends had visited the temple when a sudden downpour sent water rushing from nearby hills, sweeping the four away as they crossed a low stream on foot.
  • In Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh area, a van returning from Sawai Bhoj Temple reached the closed Sompi‑Uperda bridge while following Google Maps around 1 am and was carried into the Banas River by strong currents.
  • Three women and a four‑year‑old girl were found and another girl remained missing as NDRF and SDRF teams searched, with high flows linked to opened Matrikundiya Dam gates and five survivors rescued after climbing onto the vehicle.