Jaipur, 11 Aug (PTI): At least 14 people were killed in rain-related incidents across Rajasthan on Sunday while five people were washed away by the gushing water of Kanota Dam in the capital Jaipur, officials said.
Karauli and Hinduan in eastern Rajasthan’s Karauli district are facing a flood-like situation following incessant rainfall since Saturday night, officials said.
Seven people drowned while bathing in a river in Bharatpur and five were swept away by the strong current of water at the Kanota Dam in Jaipur, officials said.
A rescue operation is underway to trace the missing people, they said.
Eight youths from Srinagar village were taking a bath in the Banganga River in Bharatpur. One after the other, they slipped into deep water and eventually drowned, they said.
The victims were identified as Pawan Singh Jatav, 20, Saurabh Jatav, 18, Gaurav Jatav, 16, Bhupendra Jatav, 18, Shantanu Jatav, 18, Lakkhi Jatav, 20, and Pawan Jatav, 22.
In Jaipur, the five men were out on a picnic at the dam when they were washed away by the gushing water, officials said.
In Jhunjhunu, three people drowned while bathing in a pond in Mehrana village. All of them were residents of Sanwlod village.
The victims were identified as Anuj Meghwal, 22, Bulkesh, 21, and Anuj Kumar, 20, police said.
In Karauli, a father-son duo, Zakir Khan, 40, and Ziya Khan, 12, were killed on Sunday after getting trapped under the debris of their house that collapsed due to heavy rain, police said.
They were sleeping in their house in Karauli city’s Dolikhar Mohalla when the incident occurred, they said.
“Two people died in the incident and two were injured,” Principal Medical Officer of Karauli District Hospital, Dr Ramkesh Meena told reporters.
In another incident, a 19-year-old nursing student died after he slipped and fell into the Kedia stream in Banswara and was swept away by the strong current of the water.
Vikas Sharma’s body was retrieved by an SDRF team, officials said.