The monsoon fury has created a flood-like situation in Makkasar and some other pockets of Hanumangarh district, even as heavy downpours during the past 24 hours affected normal life in low-lying areas in around 15 cities in Rajasthan.
Incessant rain since Wednesday night has caused waterlogging at many places in Hanumangarh district; Makkasar village and nearby hamlets were the worst affected, reports reaching the state headquarters said on Thursday.
As many as 150 houses in Makkasar were inundated due to waterlogging in vast areas. At least 30 families were shifted to safer places.
Groups of volunteers from different organisations, including the Sacha Sauda Mission, were lending a hand to the affected people.
Besides Makkasar, many pockets in the district, including Pillibanga, Saharana and Goluwala, also bore the brunt of the rains, with rainwater gushing into several houses and some government office buildings.
The District Collector has declared a holiday in schools as a precautionary measure, while municipal teams were engaged in draining out the rainwater.
Elsewhere in the state, in Lasadia town of Salumbar district and Badnaur in Beawar district, which recorded the highest rainfall—235mm and 226mm, respectively—on Wednesday, normal life remained almost paralysed.
About a dozen other districts, including Dungarpur, Banswara, Bundi, Pali, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Jaisalmer, Alwar and Bhilwara, recorded widespread heavy showers. The state capital Jaipur was also lashed by intermittent spells of light to moderate rain.
Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department office here on Thursday issued a fresh warning for heavy rain at isolated places in 11 districts, particularly in the southern parts of the state, during the nect next 24 hours.