Madhya Pradesh Floods: 1,171 Villages Hit by Deluge; Indian Army Called in for Rescue Ops in 4 Districts
Bhopal: Three people stranded on a tree for about 24 hours and five others were rescued from flood-hit Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday
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Madhya Pradesh Floods: 1,171 Villages Hit by Deluge; Indian Army Called in for Rescue Ops in 4 Districts Bhopal : Three people stranded on a tree for about 24 hours and five others were rescued from flood-hit Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday following "unprecedented heavy rains", officials said, adding that 1,171 villages in the Gwalior-Chambal region were affected by the monsoon fury. The Army has been called in for rescue operations in Shivpuri, Sheopur, Gwalior and Datia districts, state Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Rajesh Rajora said. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed the situation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who assured of all help to the state. Five people were rescued from the flood-hit Piproudha village in Shivpuri in the morning, officials said. Besides, three persons were stranded atop a tree in Beechi village of Shivpuri for 24 hours, Rajora said. "A team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued them with the help of a boat on Tuesday," Chouhan told reporters in Bhopal. The chief minister said he will soon conduct an …
