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Relentless Monsoon Floods Rajasthan as Death Toll Hits 16

Disaster relief units are conducting mass evacuations with thousands of residents cut off by swollen rivers

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Overview

  • Officials reported fatalities across eight districts in the past 24 hours, with drowning, electrocution and building collapses causing most casualties.
  • Over 10,000 residents in Kota have been cut off by inundation after the Chambal River overflowed due to controlled releases from the Kota Barrage.
  • SDRF and national disaster teams have evacuated more than 150 people by boat from waterlogged colonies and are continuing river rescue operations for those swept away.
  • In Dholpur, 426 mm of rainfall triggered the Parvati River to burst its banks, isolating dozens of villages and sweeping away three people.
  • IMD red alerts cover six eastern and southeastern districts with forecasts warning of further heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the next two days.