Heavy rains in Rajasthan have resulted in flood-like situations in large parts of many districts, such as Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Jhalawar, Kota, Pali and Sirohi, a MeT department official added. As rivers got swollen, gates of dams constructed across Chambal, Kalisindh and Banas river were opened. A private school bus with 35 children on board got stuck on the Keral River culvert in Sirohi. Meanwhile, two bike riders were swept away while crossing the bridge of Bedach river in Chittorgarh, police said.
A flood-like situation occurred in Bhilwara's Bijolia area where a boat was seen rowing on flooded roads. Water overflowed up to 5 feet on the bridge of Eru river in Bhilwara.
As a result of widespread rains in Jhalawar, the condition has deteriorated in around six villages. In Jaipur, the streets were submerged in the evening due to heavy rains, resulting in traffic jams on roads and inconvenience in low-lying areas.
Following the alert issued for heavy rain, the school administration announced July 29 as a holiday in 11 districts too. Some districts such as Jhalawar have prolonged the holidays. These are Jhalawar, Kota, Chittorgarh, Tonk, Bhilwara, Baran, Dungarpur, Dholpur, Salumber, Banswara, Ajmer.
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Heavy rains were witnessed in Kota, Bhilwara, Jhalawar, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Tonk, Sirohi, Rajsamand, Pali, Bundi, Baran, Banswara and Ajmer districts during the past 24 hours, said the Jaipur meteorological centre.
Maximum rainfall in east Rajasthan was 242 mm in Ramganj Mandi, Kota, and 235 mm in Jaitura, Bhilwara. In West Rajasthan, Bali of Pali district received the highest rainfall at 88 mm, 61 mm rain was experienced in Bakani of Jhalawar, 43 mm in Atru of Baran, 26 mm in Chhabra, 64 mm in Bijolia of Bhilwara, 28 mm in Nainwan of Bundi and 31 mm in Behror of Alwar.
Director Radheshyam Sharma, Jaipur meteorological centre, said the monsoon trough line has now moved to its usual place from the north and is now passing through Bikaner and Kota. The seasonal activities will lead to heavy rains on Monday as well as in most districts on July 29 and 30th.
The Meteorological Center Jaipur has sounded a red alert in 3 districts, orange alert in 5 and yellow alert in 19 districts for Tuesday. Respite from the heavy rains can be expected only after August 1.
State Education minister Madan Dilawar also toured rain-hit areas in his constituency Ramganjmandi in Kota on Monday and reviewed the relief operation.
The minister, on a tractor, arrived at Kumbhkot Basti, where colonies were flooded with rainy water. He visited Haripura, Julmi, Deolikhurd, and Sandpur villages and monitored the flood situation.
Two Civil Defense groups and one SDRF group have been deployed at Ramganjmandi. One SDSF group is also deployed at Sultanpur and Pipalda.
About 150 families were evacuated from Kudaila village in Ramganjmandi region. Some 150 families in Kudaila village and 100 individuals in Deolikurd were shifted to safer areas.
During the ongoing rains in the Hadouti area from Sunday morning, at least 13 out of 27 gates of newly built Novnera dam under ERCP project opened for the first time on Monday after trial last year. At least 8400 MCM of water was released from 13 gates of Novnera Dam since early morning on Monday, Junior Engineer at Navnera Dam informed.
The dam water will meet the demand for irrigation water in 16 districts and more than 1,000 bigas of land.
Rajasthan has experienced almost 88 per cent excess rainfall compared to the normal this monsoon, with 226 dams in the state either filled or overflowing, as per official statistics released on Monday.
Between June 1 and July 28, the state received 369.79 mm of rain, compared to the average 196.79 mm received during this period--an 87.91 per cent rise, officials at the state said.
Rajasthan has already received 87.07 per cent of its season's average of 424.71 mm rain, the statement added.
The Water Resources Department of the state said that the overall storage in the 693 dams in Rajasthan stands at 75.33 per cent of the total capacity of 13,026 million cubic meters (MCM). Of these, 23 large dams are 84.14 per cent capacity and 670 medium and small dams are 60.39 per cent capacity.
Welcoming the rains as a "positive sign" for agriculture and recharge of groundwater, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma made the statement.
He added that frequent state-sponsored water conservation efforts, such as the "Karmabhoomi se Matribhumi" and "Vande Ganga Jal Sanrakshan Jan Abhiyan", are replenishing groundwater by diverting excess rainfall into recharge shafts and conservation structures.
Sharma further stated that, with the help of non-resident Rajasthanis, the state is planning to build 45,000 new water conservation structures within the next four years.
Officials said six gates of Tonk's Bisalpur dam were opened on Monday, the first overflow in July in recent years.
A number of other dams like Gudha, Galwa, Morrel, Toradi Sagar, Chaparwada, and Sardar Samand have already hit 100 per cent capacity, while others like Rana Pratap Sagar (98.54 per cent), Kota Barrage (97.25 per cent), and Mahi Bajaj Sagar (82.21 per cent) are almost full.
The highest rainfall in the state during this season was 1,261 mm at Ramganj Mandi, Kota, according to the statement.
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