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September 18, 2023 8:42 PM

Atleast 8 people killed as extremally heavy rains affects normal life in some districts of Rajasthan

Heavy rains have affected normal life in some districts of Rajasthan. Rain-related incidents claimed eight lives in the last 48 hours in Banswara district. Extremally heavy rainfall has been recorded in Dungarpur district in the last 24 hours. Apart from this, heavy to very heavy rainfall has also been recorded at some places in Pali, Pratapgarh, Sirohi, Udaipur, and Banswara districts. Akashvani correspondent reports that "Rivers and drains are in spate in many districts of the St...

Intermittent rain continues in Himachal Pradesh; CM Sukhwinder Singh takes stock of damage caused by heavy rains

In Himachal Pradesh, intermittent rain continued for the fifth day today. However, the relief and rescue work is being done on a war footing in the areas affected by heavy rain and floods. AIR correspondent reports that so far 25,000 tourists have been safely evacuated from Kullu, while 52 school children stranded at Sissu in Lahaul-Spiti district have also been brought to Manali. Till now more than 6 thousand 5 hundred vehicles have gone towards Chandigarh from Kullu. Ch...