Rajasthan Rains: Several Trains Cancelled, Diverted After Track Damaged; Met Predicts More Showers – Details Here

As per the weather department, The monsoon will remain active in most parts of eastern Rajasthan for the next four to five days and heavy rain activities will be continuing at some places.

Rajasthan Rains: Several trains were cancelled or diverted in Rajasthan after a railway track was damaged due to heavy rains which lashed the state on Wednesday. According to officials, five trains five trains were cancelled, two partially cancelled, while another was diverted after damages to the Jodhpur-Jaisalmer railway track.

Restoration work at the Jodhpur-Jaisalmer railway track was underway and the track is expected to be operable soon, a North Western Railway official said.

Met predicts more rains

Meanwhile, the local weather office has forecasted more heavy rains in Rajasthan over the next few days.

According to Met department, a low-pressure area that formed over Madhya Pradesh has weakened and turned into a cyclonic circulation which is currently located over the south-western Rajasthan region.

This phenomenon is likely to form a new low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours, which is likely to cause heavy and very heavy rains at some places in Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer divisions on Wednesday, said an Met official.

Moderate to heavy rains can also occur in some parts of Jaipur, Bharatpur and Bikaner divisions, the official said.

The monsoon will remain active in most parts of eastern Rajasthan for the next four to five days and heavy rain activities will be continuing at some places, the weather department said.

Heavy rains lash Rajasthan

As per the Jaipur Met Centre, most parts of the state recorded heavy rains and thunder in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Wednesday.

Heavy rain was recorded at some places in Jaipur, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Banswara, Kota, Bundi, Baran, Tonk, Jodhpur, Jalore and Pali districts and heavy to very heavy rain was recorded at some places in Udaipur, Bhilwara and Barmer districts, the meteorological department said.

Rishabhdev in Udaipur, with 167 mm, recorded the highest rainfall. In Gudha Malani of Barmer, 147 mm of rain was recorded and Kotdi of Bhilwara saw 119 mm rainfall.

In the 24 hour-period, 93 mm rain was also recorded in Nainwa of Bundi, 86 mm in Banswara, 84 mm in Nokhda of Barmer, 84 mm in Bassi of Jaipur, 80 mm in Lavan of Dausa, 80 mm in Sanchore of Jalore, 75 mm in Pipalda of Kota, 77 mm in Mangrol of Baran and 73 mm in Badi Sadri of Chittorgarh.

(With PTI inputs)