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Family of 11 swept away in Madhya Pradesh floods; 8 dead, 2 missing
At least eight members of a family died and two others were rescued when a van carrying 11 people was swept away by floodwaters while trying to cross a swollen drain near…
The Story in Brief
At least eight members of a family died and two others were rescued when a van carrying 11 people was swept away by floodwaters while trying to cross a swollen drain near Padana in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district. Police said the vehicle from Dewas was heading to Kadnavad village for a religious visit Monday morning when the driver ignored local warnings and attempted to cross the submerged road. Search operations are underway for one person still missing.
The Sarangpur sub-divisional police officer, Arvind Singh, said the area received cloudburst-like rain since midnight, flooding 45 villages across the tehsil. An eyewitness said the driver could not distinguish between the road and the drain due to the high water level. The sub-divisional magistrate noted that construction of a 30-foot bridge over the Jhiri drain was ongoing, and heavy rain had submerged diversion boards meant to warn motorists.
The Indian Opinion
The usual blame game is predictable: reckless driver versus neglected infrastructure. But rural India has seen this script too often. Every monsoon, someone dies crossing a flooded causeway because there is no alternative route or functional bridge. The 30-foot bridge under construction over Jhiri drain was incomplete. The driver ignored warnings, true, but locals also could not stop him. The real story is not one family’s fatal risk-taking. It is the 45 villages in Sarangpur tehsil with no flood-safe roads. Watch how quickly the bridge gets completed and how many more such informal crossings remain unaddressed.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, thehindu.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
