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The ongoing rain in Indore since Friday night has turned into a disaster for the people. The 61-year-old record has been broken due to heavy rains for two consecutive days. About 12 inches of water fell between 4pm on Friday and 5.30pm on Saturday. The city has received more than 45 inches of rain this season. According to data released by the Meteorological Department, the maximum rainfall of 5.5 inches occurred in the last 48 hours between 5.30 pm on Friday and 8.30 am on Saturday.
This was the state of rain in 48 hours
– Half an inch from Friday 8:30 a.m. to Friday evening 5:30 p.m. – 5.50 inches from Friday 5.30pm to Saturday 8.30am. – 3 inches from 8.30am to 5.30pm Saturday. – More than 3 inches from 5:30 p.m. Saturday to 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
Water is still accumulating in many colonies
The Meteorological Department had late last night again issued an alert of heavy rain for the next 24 hours. This warning has been issued for the entire division. Many colonies are knee deep in water. After receiving the information, the city’s public representatives should reach out to the residents and try to solve the problem.
This is the heaviest and heaviest rain of the season. The city’s seasonal rainfall quota was met with more than 11 inches of rain in one day. As of 9:00 PM Saturday night, more than 45 inches of rain has fallen this season. This is 8 inches more than normal. If we look at the city records, previously on September 20, 1962, about 6.5 inches of water had fallen in 24 hours. This means that the 61-year-old record for rainfall in September has been broken. On the other hand, Depalpur has received record rainfall of more than 10 inches in a day.
Indore city has never seen such rainfall in September in 61 years. Due to continuous rain for two days, water has entered many houses. People are still imprisoned in their homes. Although the rain had stopped around 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, it started again after 2.30 and continued until late at night.
The Meteorological Department has issued warnings for the next 24 heavy rains. All rescue teams are on standby. Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava has instructed top officials of the corporation and officials of all zones to be on alert. He himself reached the site throughout the day yesterday and continued to inspect it. Here, until late at night, around 1,000,000 complaints related to electricity problems have also been received. Work to normalize supply continued throughout the night.
The rain has stopped since Sunday morning. But due to strong winds, trees have started falling. There have been reports of falling trees in many areas, including Palhar Nagar and Jail Road. Because of this, the electricity has also failed in many areas.
The roads have become muddy due to rain. Asphalt roads have been pulled up and drivers find it difficult to move. The condition of the roads in the Kanadia Road area is becoming very bad.
The BRTS was filled with knee-deep water
Dust-like waves occurred on many major roads including the BRTS
The BRTS was filled with knee-deep water in front of the press complex before the LIG crossing. Many two-wheelers stalled due to ingress of water. The driver also pushed the autorickshaw and took it forward. The pedestrians including the driver somehow reached the LIG crossing. The road here was so waterlogged that it became like a swimming pool.
Traffic at the junction was severely affected due to rain at Khajrana, Bengali and Robot junctions. The vegetable market located near the Robot crossing was filled with water above the knees. Vegetable carts were half submerged, shopkeepers selling vegetables on the ground were seen in distress. At the same time, there was an argument for the drivers on the bypass in the outer area.
On the bypass, everywhere from Tejaji Nagar to Devguradiya, Rala Mandal, Bichauli Mardana was flooded. Two-wheelers and four-wheelers somehow passed. Due to the traffic pressure, there was a queue situation throughout the day. The situation was such that on Saturday morning the staff’s minibus was washed away from the culvert on the service road on the Supercorridor. There were 15 people on board, all have been rescued. Gandhi Nagar area and part of MR-10 were inundated.
Many streets in the city remained filled with water throughout the day.
The situation is worst at the Khajrana junction
People going from Bengali Junction towards Khajrana Junction on Eastern Ring Road faced a lot of trouble. Due to potholes and deep drains dug in the junction, vehicles could not pass even within 20 minutes. The situation was the same two days ago as well. Also on the service road there was heavy water harvesting, which is why the load of vehicles ended up on the ring road.
These colonies and localities are also filled with water
Many areas of the city were flooded due to heavy rains. These include Ashish Regional Colony, Maa Ambika Nagar, Palhar Nagar, Sixty Feet Road, Vishal Nagar, Patel Nagar, Chauhan Nagar, Mishra Nagar, Scheme 71, Chandmari Ka Bhatta, Sanchar Nagar, Shriyantra Nagar, Lavkush (Bhonrasla), Sudarshan Nagar, Shivdham The situation in places like Colony, Venkatesh Nagar, Chhota Bangarda, Tulsi Nagar, Geeta Bhawan My Home Hotel Road, Vijayashree Nagar, Panchavati Nagar, Dhanalakshmi Colony etc. worsened.
Open post of the drainage system
Heavy rain again exposed the drainage system. As the water fell at high speed, roads and intersections became swimming pools. There were traffic jams in many areas as drivers got stuck in the water. Complaints about water logging from more than a dozen locations reached the company’s control room within two hours. The drainage line started overflowing in Tulsinagar.
Complaints of water logging were registered in many areas of Bilawali zone including Vishal Nagar, Apollo City Khandwa Road, Ahilya Ashram Road, Vijay Nagar, Lasudia, Banganga, Aerodrome Road, Sudama Nagar, Krishnabagh Colony. However, around 1,000 complaints reached the electricity company’s control room and phone number.
Heavy rain again exposed the drainage system, many colonies were flooded.
The water level in ponds increased
After the heavy rains that started on Friday evening, the water level in the ponds has increased significantly. The dams like Yashwant Sagar, Badi Bilawali, Chhoti Bilawali, Regional Park, Limbodi, Asrawad Khurd and Bichauli Mardana etc. are quite full. Due to heavy rains, four gates of Yashwantsagar Dam have been opened. All the city’s dams are filled to capacity.
Collectors kept vigil throughout the night, rescue team on standby
Collector Ilaiyaraaja continuously monitors during the rains. The administration said it is ready to handle any situation. Home defense and civil defense teams have also been put on standby with full equipment.
Many officials from the administration including Collector Dr. Ilaiyaraaja T are engaged in relief and rescue work.
More than 200 lives have been saved in the ongoing relief and rescue operations by the district administration. The rescue team of NDRF and Home Guards reached the watertight area of Gawala village in Sanwer along with the medical team by speedboat and delivered the woman. On the other hand, in the late afternoon, the district administration rescued 21 people trapped in the Gambhir River Dam at Kalaria village in Rau tehsil by conducting a rescue operation. Among them, some fishermen including women and children were surrounded near the pond. As soon as information about the deteriorating situation was received, the SDRF and the district administration took joint measures and evacuated everyone safely.
lights go out in many places
The rain affected power supply from 41 11 KV feeders out of 525 in the city circle. Trees and large branches fell on the lines in 15 places. Wires and cables broken in 7 places. It took hours to restore power to the affected areas. The lights were switched off at Khandwa Road Shri Yantra Nagar from 9.30 am and could not be restored till afternoon.
During this period 350 employees and officers were engaged in work. More than 1,400 individual complaints were received by the Fuse of Call (FOC) in 30 zones of the city from Friday evening to Saturday 11.30. Due to excessive water harvesting in Kabutar Khana and North Toda area under Subhash Chowk zone, power supply from 3 transformers has been stopped due to safety reasons.
Congress said – disaster management postponed
Due to heavy rains, the aquatic life in the city has been disturbed. Congress has also raised questions about the chaos. Divisional spokesperson Amit Chaurasia said that even after spending more than Rs 1,500 crore on drain taping and sewage system, the city is getting submerged in just a little rain, while since yesterday, torrential water has been raining in the city as a disaster for the poor, creating havoc . The disaster management system of the Indore Municipal Corporation administration has once again been exposed. Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee State Secretary Rajesh Choukse said the government has divided Indore city in the name of development by giving away 50 percent commission from the BJP government.
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