Heavy rain lashes various districts of Rajasthan

Jodhpur: In Rajasthan, heavy rain lashed Jodhpur, Kota Bhilwara, sirohi, pali, Chittorgarh, Jalore, Nagaur and other districts. Several roads and railway tracks have been inundated.

In Jodhpur, four children drowned in a pit filled with rainwater in Govindpura village of Babadi tehsil. The drowning incident occurred when five children were bathing in the pit



and slipped into deep waters.  

Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot condoled the death and announced 5 lakh rupees for the family of each deceased under the "Chiranjeevi Durghatna Beema Yojna". Extremely heavy rainfall 215.5 mm has been reported in Jalore yesterday. Jodhpur recorded 224.6 mm rain in the last 24 hours.