Light to Heavy Rainfall in the different parts...
On Sunday, Seven people were killed and four sustained injuries in lightning strikes in Rajasthan's Jhalawar and Udaipur districts.
Continuous rainfall occurred at isolated places in the eastern parts of the state. The meteorological department spokesperson said from Sunday morning till 5.30 pm, 34 mm rain was recorded in Sriganganagar, 30.6 mm in Barmer, 13 mm in Dungarpur, 11 mm in Bundi, 6.6 mm in Ajmer, 5.6 mm in Phalodi, 3 mm in Bikaner and Chittorgarh recorded 1 mm of rain, PTI reported.
On Saturday, The deaths due to lightning were reported from Asnawar, Khanpur, Mandawar and Dangipura in the district, they said.
"Manish, Manisha and a girl Haka were killed while four others suffered injuries due to lightning in Jabla village on Sunday," said SHO Gopal Krishna of Udaipur district.
After the weakening monsoon in Rajasthan for the last few days, the monsoon was reactivated on Saturday evening.
Rain coupled with strong winds started in many parts of the state. Many places in Tonk, Alwar, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, Kota, Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, and Chittorgarh districts recorded rain.
Jaipur Meteorological Centre Director Radheshyam Sharma said the area of very low pressure in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Sunday and is presently located over the adjoining areas of Orissa and Chhattisgarh.
Sharma said this system is very likely to move in the west-north-west direction towards Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and weaken gradually in the next 24 hours.
He further said the maximum impact of this system is likely to be recorded in most parts of Kota, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bharatpur and Ajmer divisions of East Rajasthan on September 13-14 and 15.
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