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Jaipur waterlogged as heavy rain batters Rajasthan
Heavy rain has lashed much of Rajasthan for 24 hours, waterlogging Jaipur and closing the Mukundra tunnel on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Kota. Bassi in Chittorgarh recorded the highest fall of 227…
The Story in Brief
Heavy rain has lashed much of Rajasthan for 24 hours, waterlogging Jaipur and closing the Mukundra tunnel on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Kota. Bassi in Chittorgarh recorded the highest fall of 227 mm. Udaipur opened two gates of the Udai Sagar dam as its water level touched 21 feet, nearing the full capacity of 24 feet.
Traffic slowed on city roads and on NH-52 near Kota. Several houses were flooded in Banswara. The weather department has forecast moderate to heavy rain across most divisions until Thursday, with a decline expected after August 15. A low-pressure area over northwest Madhya Pradesh and the active monsoon trough are driving the rainfall.
The Indian Opinion
The 'surprise monsoon fury' narrative is overdone. August is peak monsoon in Rajasthan, and Jaipur has seen worse in 1981 and 2006. What is new is that a 227 mm day in Bassi shuts a national expressway tunnel and opens dam gates, not just flooded localities. Dams at full capacity before August-end are a genuine worry: four more weeks of rain could force emergency releases. The concrete test is whether Rajasthan's disaster response can clear the Kota tunnel in under 12 hours and whether district administrations pre-position pumps in the low-lying wards now marked on maps.
Source: thefederal.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
