JAISALMER: Water from
Gadisar Lake
, which is overflowing due to excessive rain, has now spilled on to the roads. Not only this, normal life too has come to a standstill due to torrential showers in the district that started at 8pm on Sunday and continued till Monday clocking 128.1mm.
More than 19 hours of rainfall has flooded low-lying areas and damaged kharif crops too. The last time it had rained so much was in 2006. Traffic on many routes has been affected and the roof of a house in Sonar Fort collapsed.
Jaisalmer district collector Ashish Modi is keeping a watch on the situation and there is no information of any casualties yet. Water has entered houses in city’s Gafoor Bhatta, Kachi Basti, Police Line and few areas in Gandhi Colony.
Municipal council commissioner Fateh Singh Meena visited the low-lying areas with his team and started the work of flushing out water. Rainfall was also recorded in Ramgarh, Mohangarh, Ramdeora, Lathi, Nachna, Fatehgarh, Devikot, Mokla, Kanoi, Damodara and other areas of the district. Few people were stuck around Gogadi River near Bhairwa in Chandhan area and were rescued by the civil defence team.
The district collector said that there has been no information of any untoward incident and situation is under control. The control rooms in the district are on high alert. People have been told to inform the local administration in case of any emergency and stay away from water flowing areas. The met department has warned of heavy rains in next 24 hours in the district.
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