48 dead in 4 states due to rain: UP worst hit; Bihar affected

As many as 48 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of m in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar, where an alert has been sounded, left streets of state capital Patna and or areas waterlogged and residences of at least two ministers marooned. As many as 35 people lost ir lives in Uttar Pradesh since Friday, state government said. While 25 of m died on Saturday, 10 lost ir lives on Friday. meteorological department said heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places over eastern UP on Sunday. In neighbouring Uttarakhand, six pilgrims from Punjab, who were on ir way to Himalayan shrine of Hemkund Sahib, were killed when a huge rock fell on ir vehicle in Tehri district following a landslip triggered by heavy rains, officials said.

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Wear Dept predicts heavy rains till Sept 30

Also, three deaths each were reported from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, while one person died in Jammu and Kashmir. In Bihar, heavy rains in several parts of state since Friday have thrown rmal life out of gear affecting rail traffic, healthcare facilities and schools.  residences of Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Road Construction Minister Nand Kishore Yadav and BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy resembled marooned islands. wear department has forecast heavy rainfall for city till September 30. Patna district administration has ordered closure of all schools till Tuesday.

Patna waterlogged

Nalanda Medical College Hospital premises, second largest healthcare facility in Patna, was waterlogged as also that of Gardanibagh hospital. "Localities like Rajendra Nagar and S K Puri are worst affected," District Magistrate Kumar Ravi told reporters. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reviewed situation in a video conference meeting with officials who informed him that state received an aver rainfall of 50 mm since Friday with districts like Vaishali and Nawada recording more than 200 mm. district magistrate said a contingent of NDRF and SDRF personnel was pressed into service to rescue residents from areas alarmingly waterlogged. East Central Railway officials said rail traffic was suspended on Darbhanga-Samastipur section in morning as tracks at some places got inundated due to heavy rain, leaving at least three trains stranded. 

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NDRF in recue operations

NDRF said 18 of its teams have been pressed into service in districts which have received heavy rainfall. In desert state of Rajasthan, three students were killed when a wall of a government school collapsed after excessive rainfall in Udaipur district, police said. incident occurred early morning in Government Middle School, Thobwara. school, which is situated on foothills, was waterlogged due to excessive rainfall on Friday night, police said. 

Meanwhile, three persons, including a police constable, were swept away in strong currents of a swollen nullah in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, police said. incident occurred on Ghansor-Kedarpur Road on Friday night. three bodies were recovered about a kilometre away from place of incident. "It was raining incessantly and water level of nullah had gone up," Seoni's Additional Superintendent of Police Kamlesh Kharpuse said.  Madhya Pradesh has been witnessing heavy rainfall over last couple of weeks.

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In Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, a 22-year-old woman was killed after she was struck by lightning. Heavy rains lashed wide parts of Jammu province, causing waterlogging and traffic jams at many places in city disrupting rmal life. In Himachal Pradesh, parts of state received light rainfall on Saturday which brought maximum temperature down by two to three tches below season's aver. Mandi received maximum rainfall at 36 mm in 24 hours lasting 5.30 pm on Saturday, followed by Kufri (28 mm), Salooni (25 mm), Kandaghat and Bakloh (22 mm each), Baijnath (19 mm), Solan (13 mm), Shimla (12.3 mm) and Manali (11 mm).

Meanwhile, River Krishna is in spate again following heavy rain in upper catchment areas in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Consequently, crest gates of major dams that were already full to brim in Andhra Pradesh had to be opened for third time in last couple of months to let out floodwater into Bay of Bengal. India Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast heavy to very heavy rain in parts of rth Gujarat and state's Saurashtra-Kutch belt over weekend.

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