MP: Defence aircraft launch rescue operations in flood-hit villages, 2 dead as rains pound many areas

Defence aircraft on Monday launched rescue operations in some flooded villages in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district while torrential rains continued to pound several areas, leaving two people dead.

Defence aircraft on Monday launched rescue operations to evacuate people stranded in some flooded villages in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh as heavy rains continued to lash large parts of the state, especially Shivpuri and neighbouring Sheopur districts, leaving two people dead, officials said. In Sheopur, Deeraj Gurjar (45) drowned in an open water-filled pit while visiting a temple, Karahal sub-divisional magistrate Brijender Singh Yadav said.