The state has received heavy rainfall over the past days and this has resulted in the flood like situation in four districts of Rajasthan. The desert state saw heavy rain falls in Barmer, Jalore, Sirohi, and Pali. The authorities have sounded an alert in these districts. The districts are stranded and lots of makeshift structures have been damaged due to thunderstorms and heavy rains.
The authorities have appealed to the people of these districts to shift to the safe locations. The district of Sirohi is one of the worst hit. The district received the highest rainfall in the state till Monday. It received a rainfall of 757.6 mm which is 146.53% as compared to 2016. Thirty dams out of 31 of Sirohi district are overflowing. Apart from Kota, Baran, Dholpur and Karauli other districts in the state have received abnormal, excess and normal rainfall.
According to the data available with the water resources department, the state has received irregular rainfall in Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Pali, Udaipur, Sirohi, and Pratapgarh while six districts including Ajmer, Nagaur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, and Dungarpur have got excess rainfall. The tourist destination Mount Abu has received a rainfall of 991 mm in the last 48 hours till 11 am.
The districts which have not been able to receive good rainfall so far include Bharatpur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Jaipur, Alwar, Dausa, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Kota, and Bundi. According to the water resource department hopefully, these districts will make up in the third spell of monsoon.
In the whole monsoon season this year the state had got an average rainfall of nearly 530mm. Till Monday Rajasthan had got an average rainfall of 269.01 mm which is 33.3% higher compared to that of 2016 which was 201.68 mm.
As per the information of the Indian Meteorological Department, it appears that the state will definitely cross the mark of almost 650 mm as an average rainfall of the state on the completion of the monsoon season.
The government is making every possible effort to deal with the calamity. Rescue operations are going on a full swing,
