Rain continues to batter Raj, 9 killed

  • 04/09/2012

  • Times Of India (Jaipur)

Torrential rains continued to pound some parts of the state including Ajmer and Alwar on Tuesday, leaving at least nine people dead. Around two dozen villages in Alwar district faced a flood-like situation after a heavy downpour for the second day running. The Jaipur met office has forecasted heavy rainfall in 13 districts in the next 36 hours, including the capital. The showers in Ajmer began in the morning and the town had recorded 90mm of rainfall till evening. Three people were killed when some boulders fell down from Taragarh hills and fell on a house in Longia Mohalla in Ajmer. The dead, all from the same family, were identified as Nazma (26), Mehak (4) and Javed (14). Kishan, a labourer from Kanas village was killed after he was swept away in a rain-fed nullah in Ajmer. In Kekari village, a young man was killed after being struck by lightening. In fact, lightning also killed a woman in Jhalawar district.