4th monsoon spell throws life out of gear across Rajasthan

Jaipur: Heavy and widespread rainfall was witnessed across the state on Monday, which affected normal life and traffic. In many districts like Dausa, Bharatpur and Alwar, fields were submerged in water, adversely affecting the crops. Kaman (Bharatpur) and Alwar received a rainfall of 100mm which was the highest in the state.

People in many districts witnessed torrential rainfall that lasted for more than two hours on Monday morning. Due to the heavy rainfall, the fields were submerged, destroying the crops at various villages in Dausa district.

Many roads connecting various villages to each other got submerged in water at Dausa, Bharatpur and Alwar districts of the state.

In this season so far, Udaipur division and Kota division were already getting a good rainfall. However, on Monday many districts in Jaipur division and Bikaner division also witnessed heavy rainfall.

Kaman (Bharatpur) and Alwar were followed by Mandrayal (Karauli) where a rainfall of 80mm was received, Viratnagar (Jaipur) got 80mm, Mahwa (Dausa) 70mm, Nadauti (Karauli) 60mm. A rainfall varying from 50mm to 10mm was also recorded in Jaipur, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa, Jhalawar, Kota, Bundi, Baran, Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar districts.

The Dausa to Alwar Road route was severely affected due to the heavy rain as buses and other vehicles were moving at a slower pace due to heavy waterlogging on the state and national highway connecting the two districts. Similar scenes were witnessed on the highways connecting Bharatpur to Dholpur.

In this season so far, districts including Jaipur, Alwar, Dholpur, Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar received a good amount of rainfall which cheered the farmers. Earlier, these districts were in the category of deficit rainfall. “In the coming days too, there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in these districts,” said a senior officer of the Jaipur Met office.

Jaipur Met office further stated that the fourth spell of the south west monsoon is going to bring heavy rainfall in many districts including Jaipur, Dausa, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur, Dholpur and Bharatpur.