Chhatarpur Flooded After Heavy Rains; 3 Dead, MLA Lalita Yadav Visits Affected Areas, Orders Relief Measures

Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh): Due to heavy rains in Chhatarpur life has become disrupted.

A dead body of a youth who drowned in the drain in Chhatarpur has been recovered on Friday.

According to reports, the youth drowned while crossing the drain due to strong current in the morning. Also, two people died in village Dhilapur where a house collapsed on the mother and daughter sleeping in the house at night.

Chhatarpur MLA, Lalita Yadav visits the rain-hit areas and orders immediate relief measures.

Rivers and drains are in spate and water has entered people's houses. Movement has been affected due to broken bridges and culverts at many places.

MLA visits the affected areas

Amid heavy rains and waterlogging, MLA Lalita Yadav visited affected areas of Chhatarpur early Friday. She ordered shelter and food for affected people and launched a rescue operation after a youth was swept away in Narayanpura.

In Dhilapur, a girl died and her mother was injured in a house collapse. The MLA assured government aid to the family.

Yadav also inspected blocked drains in Mau Darwaza and Sagar Road, clearing them with JCBs and vowing to remove encroachments to prevent future flooding.

At some places situations have become serious due to severe water logging and heavy About 2000 families are trapped due to the overflowing of rivesr in village Dhamchi. Villagers are trying to save their lives by climbing on the roofs. The traffic of the village has come to a complete standstill and the power line has also come to a standstill.

Many more incidents occurred in district:

Water filled in the basement of SBI's main branch.

Water entered the SBI branch. Which was emptied by pumping overnight. Municipal tankers are present on the spot. Information has come to light that the cash kept in the bank is wet. There is a chest room in the basement of SBI's main branch, in which the cash of banks across the district is kept. According to the rules, the chest room should not be in the basement.

Gates of Nandgaykala's Gora pond opened.

Amidst the deteriorating conditions due to heavy rains, Nandgaykala's Gora pond overflowed. To prevent the pond from bursting, the administration opened the gates of Ona Khola at three in the night.

Ambulance swept away, driver saved, no one injured.

Ambulance swept away in water due to continuous rain while returning after dropping the patient. The driver was rescued, ambulance had come from Bhopal, incident is near Candy village of Orchha Road police station area.

The situation in Chhatarpur is getting worse due to the continuous heavy rains. The administration has opened the drain at 3 am to prevent the Gora pond of village Nandgaykala from bursting due to the overflowing water, while the administration team has reached Hama.

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