Three people swept away after heavy rains in Maharashtra and M.P.

India Meteorological Department has predicted a risk of flash floods in the Vidarbha region

Three persons were swept away in swollen drains after heavy rains in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, while the India Meteorological Department [IMD] predicted a risk of flash floods in the Vidarbha region, officials said on August 11.

Some rivers in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra were flooded after heavy showers and several people from Bhandara and Chandrapur were shifted to safer places, they said.

The heavy rains also caused damage to crops and an assessment survey was on, an agriculture department official said.

In Indore city of M.P., two persons were swept away in swollen drains following heavy rains and efforts were on to trace them, police said.

Chandan Nagar police station in-charge Abhay Nema said local residents informed them that a man, Zakir Khan (24), accidentally fell into a drain in Sirpur area of the city on August 10 afternoon when he was trying to stop other people from entering the water body.

On the same day, a woman, Durga Jaiswal (26), was swept away in an overflowing drain in Banganga area.

“The woman lived in a house close to the drain. While throwing garbage from the rooftop of her house, she lost balance and fell into the drain,” Banganga police station in-charge Rajendra Soni said.