Heavy rainfall causes flood-like situation in Rajasthan

Jaipur, Aug 21 (PTI) Heavy rainfall has created flood-likesituation in some parts of Rajasthan where six persons havebeen killed and 57 airlifted so far, officials said today. Six persons of a family died when a portion of their housecollapsed in Baran district yesterday. The house collapsed leaving Laxmi Narayan (72), his wifeShanti Bai (70) and four others of their family members namelyDeepu (18), Anita Bai (26), Aishwarya (10) and Suraj (9) dead,police said. Four others were also injured in the incident and areadmitted at the district hospital, police added. A total of 33 people were airlifted by Air Force todayfrom two locations in Pratapgarh district while 24 others wereairlifted from Baran yesterday, defence spokesperson Lt ColManish Ojha said. Several others are also stranded and rescue operations areon. "Three persons are trapped at an island in Parvati river.They had gone for fishing in the river but suddenly the waterlevel in the river rose. Efforts are on to rescue them," BaranCollector SP Singh said. According to Met department, several places in Banswara,Chittorgarh, Bhilwara and Pratapgarh have recorded 23 cm ofrainfall and other regions received below 23 cm sinceyesterday. PTI SDA MRJ RGMRJ