Rajasthan: Many villages flooded in Jhalawar district after heavy rainfall, 1 dead in wall collapse

A minor boy died in a wall collapse incident as many villages in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district have been flooded after incessant rainfall over the past few days.

A 15-year-old boy died as a wall of his house collapsed on him in a village in Jhalawar district on Friday following incessant rainfall over the past few days, police said. Khanpur, Sarola and Asnawar areas of Jhalawar were already facing a flood-like situation due to the rainfall over the last six days but the situation worsened on Friday morning as two dams released over 1.5 lakh cusec of water.