No Heavy Rains in South Rajasthan, Flood Situation Improving

Mount/AbuJalore, Rajasthan: With no heavy rain for the past twenty four hours and rescue teams working in tandem with local officials, the flood situation in southern Rajasthan's six affected districts is slowly improving.

The only road-link to the popular hill-station of Mount Abu which was completely cut off for the past three days, is now been partially restored. Local police has allowed light motor vehicles to use the road, but traffic is being allowed to play only one way, downwards towards the mainland.  

With 16 inches of rain recorded on Tuesday and Wednesday, stranded tourists were happy to be able to leave the tourist spot. One tourist who walked 25 kilometres downhill said, "We are happy to be able to leave , we were stuck here for four days due to landslide and heavy rain , some of us decided to walk down to ABU road from where we can get conveyance to go back to Gujarat."

Another affected area has been Jalore, where more than 500 people have been rescued from inundated villages. In Sanchore town, water levels are receding after a breach at Panchala dam had flooded the area.

Officials have shifted the rescued people to temporary shelters in government schools and other buildings. One of the affected people, Teja Ram told NDTV, "Our homes have been washed away, our live-stock completely destroyed, how will we manage now."

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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams with local police and volunteers, are using boats to rescue people and bring them to safe locations and temporary shelters

Senior administrative official at Jalore, Jitendra Soni said, "There has been no rain in the past 24 hours and that has really helped us, we have been able to save 250 people in Sanchore town alone, citizens are also helping us."

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The state government has also stationed NDRF teams in Barmer, Pali and Sirohi districts, seven Army helicopters are on stand-by in Jodhpur for emergency rescue missions.