Death Count Reaches 12 In Madhya Pradesh Rain Fury, 23 Districts On Alert

Madhya Pradesh Rains: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday toured the flood-affected areas of Gwalior, Datia and Shivpuri districts.

Twelve people have died and seven injured in various rain-related incidents in flood-ravaged Gwalior and Chambal divisions of Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Thursday, even as the IMD sounded a fresh heavy rain alert for 23 districts. The rainfall in Gwalior and Chambal divisions in north MP has now abated, rescue operations have ended and relief operations have begun, officials said. The region was being pounded by rains since Sunday. "Twelve rain-related deaths had been reported till yesterday. No death was reported today," said divisional commissioner Ashish Saxena, speaking to PTI over phone. Some deaths took place in the incidents of house or wall collapse, and in some cases carelessness cost people their lives, he said. A man drowned while watching a river in flood while some others were swept away while crossing flooded bridges, Mr Saxena said.