India: Over 4,000 Rescued In Rajasthan Floods, Army Deployed

NEW DELHI, 25 August 2022, (TON): More than 4,000 people have been shifted from flood-hit areas to safer places in the past two days while security personnel were deployed for rescue efforts in Kota, Jhalawar, Baran and Bundi districts of Rajasthan.

Officials said “though the situation was better on Wednesday as the water started receding, several areas in these districts are still submerged following heavy rainfall.”

Meanwhile, schools reopened in Kota, Bundi and Baran while these remained shut in Jhalawar.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has directed officials to conduct a survey to assess the loss of property due to the heavy rainfall in Kota and neighbouring areas.

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