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Five killed as car washed away in Chhattisgarh

Rain-related incidents kill 5 in Uttar Pradesh
Last Updated 13 August 2016, 20:20 IST

Five people of a family, including three women, were killed and one was reported missing in Chhattisgarh when their SUV was washed away by the Maini river. Five others died in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh.

The five people were washed away on Friday as their car was crossing a flooded culvert as water levels suddenly rose in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district. Their bodies were recovered on Saturday, the police said. The SUV was carrying 12 members, including four women and a girl.

In Uttar Pradesh, five people were killed in rain-related incidents as light to moderate rainfall and thundershowers occurred at many places in eastern and western parts of the state since Friday.

While a mother-daughter duo was killed in their sleep in Sonbhadra when their mud house collapsed due to heavy rain, three people, including a couple, died in Jaunpur district, the police said. It was a pleasant day in Delhi with the mercury settling at normal levels even as it drizzled in some areas.

“The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 33.7 and 25.5 degrees Celsius respectively, both normal for this time of the year,” a Met official said.

While the city received 29.88 mm rainfall on Saturday morning, the recording till the evening was 0.2 mm.

In Rajasthan’s Kota district, a 30-year-old man is feared dead as he was swept away by strong currents of the overflowing Ujjad river when he was crossing an overpass on it, police said.

In Baran district, a couple and three other people are reportedly stranded at two places due to the overflowing Barni river, they said.

Light to heavy rain lashed parts of the state, with Atru in Baran receiving 9 cm rain followed by 8 cm in Alwar. Heavy rain occurred at isolated areas of Jaipur and Kota divisions.

The water level of the Ganga river in Bihar rose following downpour in the last few days, even as the Disaster Management Department said no district in the state is in the grip of floods and no relief camps are functioning.

Ganga river

The Ganga river is flowing above the danger mark at Gandhi Ghat and Hathidah in Patna and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur, while the Ghaghra river remained in spate in Siwan district’s Gangpur-Siswan area. Koshi river’s water level was above the red mark at Baltara in Khagaria district.

Light to moderate rainfall occurred at many places in the state, while heavy rainfall was witnessed at one or two places in the north-eastern parts of the state since Friday.

According to the Met office, Bhagalpur received the highest rainfall of 16.6 mm followed by 2.4 mm in Purnea. Patna and Gaya received 1.2 mm and 0.4 mm rain, respectively, since Friday. In Punjab and Haryana, maximum temperatures hovered around normal level even as a few places received rain. 

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(Published 13 August 2016, 20:19 IST)

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