Guna:At least four people washed away in the high tide while crossing a river in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday
Heavy rains lashed several districts of Madhya Pradesh, creating a flood-like situation, with the army being called for rescue and relief in Dharnawada, Makshudangad, Guna and Bamori districts.
In many areas, roads are submerged and water has entered houses. Army soldiers are delivering food to people trapped inside their houses and transporting residents to a safe place. Municipal divers and members of the disaster relief force are also involved.
In another incident, a car carrying two women school teachers and the driver was swept in a flooded nullah in Ujjain district on Thursday.
The teachers were returning after the Independence Day function at the school in Barkheda Khurd village. A youth drowned in flooded Sukkad river in Rajgarh district, while another youth is still missing in a flooded river in the same district.
The Met department has forecast heavy rainfall in nine districts — Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Agar-Malwa, Shajapur, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Rajgarh and Sheopur —over the next 24 hours.
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