The three districts o♐f Jalore, Sirohi, and Barmer in Rajasthan are witnessing flood♔-like situations after receiving heavy rainfall.
Cyclone Bip🐈arjoy has developed into a depression over Rajasthan and is causing heavy rainfall in parts of the state. A depression is the remꦇnant of the storm. It was over central parts of south Rajasthan and neighbourhood and moved east-northeastwards with a speed of 10 kilometres per hour in the morning, according to the meteorological department.
Visual🐟s from Rajasthan show water-logging 🅺in several areas.
No loss of life so far
Despite flood-like situations, an official said that no loss of human life and livestock 💮has been reported so far.
Officials said the Indian Army♔ ♏and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been requested to remain on standby in case of any eventuality.
At least six people were rescued by the State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) in Pali💙 district after they were stuck due to waterlogging in low-lying areas.
"There is a flood-like situation in Jalore, Sirohi and Barmer due to heavy rainfall. No 𒉰loss of human life and livestock has been reported so far. Our teams are on alert,&q𒁃uot; said P C Kishan, Secretary, State Disaster and Relief.
The official said four-five small anicuts were damaged in Barmer due to heavy water flow, whereas sever🦹al big dams are overflowing in Pindwara, Abu Road and Reodar.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vais💜hnaw said that train tracks were breached at five places in Rajasthan because of Cyclone Biparjoy and that the work was on at &quo💃t;war footing" to restore tracks.
Heavy rain to continue for next 15-20 hours: Official
There is an alert for heavy rains in Rajasthan for the next 15-20 hours, said P C Kishan✨, Secretary, State Disaste🌳r and Relief.
Kishan added that water level in Batisa dam in Sirohi rose t𓃲o 315 metre.
Several areas in the state reco൲rded heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours, according to Disaster Relief and Management D♍epartment.
Ahore in Jalore recorded 471 mm rain, followed by 456 mm in Jalore, 360 mm in Mount Abu, 338 mm in Chitalwana, 332 mm in Jaswantpura, 322 mm in Raniwada, 315 mm in Sheoganj, 270 mm in Sumerpur, 249 mm in Rani and 240 m൲m in Bali till 9.30 am Sunday, accordi🐻ng to Disaster Relief and Management Department.
Seve♋ral other places in Jalore, Sirohi, Barmer and Pali have recorded rainཧfall of 25 mm and above during this period.
It is very likely to continue to move towards east-northeastwards and maintain the intensity of depression during the next 12 hours, the🅷 MeT offic🤡e said.
It has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall 𒆙at i🍎solated places in Pali, Sirohi, Udaipur, Rajasamand districts on Sunday. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in Jodhpur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Kota divisions.
Decrease in heavy rainfall activity from💝 southwest♓ parts of Rajasthan is very likely from Sunday night onwards, the MeT offices said.
A moderate flash flood-like risk is likely in parts of east andꦺ west Rajasthan durinꦡg the next 24 hours (till 5.30 am on June 19), it said.
(With PTI inputs)
