Rains wreak havoc in Assam, MP, Maha; 12 killed

Incessant monsoon rains wreaked havoc in parts of the country today, killing seven persons in Madhya Pradesh, four in Maharashtra and one in Assam.
The northern states, however, witnessed fluctuating monsoon activity with heavy rains lashing some parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, Delhi getting light rainfall and Haryana and Punjab experiencing dry weather conditions.
Madhya Pradesh has reported seven more flood-related deaths since yesterday. The toll in rain-related incidents in the state has now mounted to 22.
Five persons each have died in Bhopal and Jabalpur and three in Vidisha. One person each was killed in Raisen, Rewa, Sagar, Mandla, Tikamgarh, Seoni, Damoh, Sehore and Agar-Malwa districts, an official of the Chief Minister's Office said.

The government agencies leading relief and rescue operations have escorted 7,000 people out of flood-hit areas.
The MeT office said heavy rains are likely to hit Guna, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Ujjain, Shajapur, Rajgarh, Sehore, Agar-Malwa, Bhopal, Indore, Raisen, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Hoshangabad, Harda, Dhar, Khargone, Khandwa, Shivpuri and Sheopur districts tomorrow.

Meanwhile, four persons were killed and as many injured in incidents of house collapse due to heavy rains in Maharashtra's Nandurbar district that received 390 mm of rains since yesterday.
Nashik was battered by incessant rains and received a whopping 1,899 mm of precipitation. Due to the downpour, the water level in Gangapur dam, which supplies drinking water to Nashik, has risen to 47 per cent.

The Godavari river, which flows through Nashik, is in spate and raging flood waters have submerged many temples located on its banks.
Heavy rains in and around Pune over the last few days have raised the water level in the four dams that provide water to the city.
The collective water level in these four dams -- Temghar, Varasgaon, Panshet and Khadakwasla -- has gone up to 10.05 TMC on July 11 against 7.19 TMC, recorded in the corresponding period last year, an Irrigation Department official said.
One person was killed after being swept away by flood waters in Assam's Morigaon district while the situation in five other affected districts remained "critical".

About 1.35 lakh people have been hit by the devastating floods that have destroyed embankments and roads.
The deceased belonged to Bhuragaon circle, which is facing a serious threat as the raging waters of the Brahmaputra river have eroded the rock spur of Kupatimari portion of its embankment, Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar said.
The weatherman has predicted heavy rainfall in parts of
Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal.
With the deep depression over Bangladesh and West Bengal moving northwestwards and laying centered at about 280 km from Balasore, the IMD today said the sea would turn rough to very rough in Odisha coast and heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely in one or two places in the state.

Isolated heavy rain was also forecast in Gangetic West Bengal till tomorrow as the region experienced heavy downpour as an effect of a depression that moved towards Jharkhand, met office said.
Krishnagar in Nadia district received 133.2 mm rainfall, the highest in West Bengal in 24 hours from yesterday morning. In Kolkata, which received heavy rain last night, the precipitation was recorded at 59.7 mm, the Met department said.
Army, Air Force and NDRF have rescued 249 people from rain-hit areas in parts of Rajasthan where heavy to extremely heavy rains has affected normal life.
The south west monsoon remained normal over Uttar Pradesh as it witnessed light to moderate rain or thundershowers at many places in the last 24 hours.

The Central Water Commission said Ghaghra was still flowing above danger mark at Elginbridge (Barabanki) and Ayodhya in the state. It was flowing near danger mark at Turtipar in Ballia district.
Sharda river was also flowing above danger mark at Paliakalan and near red line at Shardanagar. Ganga was also swelling and has crossed danger mark in Ballia and was flowing near red level in Fatehgarh, Ghazipur and Kanpur.