At least 28 people died in rain-related incidents in north and northwest India. Landslides, house collapses, and traffic chaos were caused across these areas by heavy showers while several villages in Haryana were flooded following a dam breach.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration said the annual Amarnath Yatra has been suspended after heavy rains in the Shri Amarnathji Yatra area.
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Rajasthan was the worst-hit state as 16 rain-related deaths were reported over two days. 14 of the victims lost their lives on Sunday, news agency PTI reported. Five people were swept away at the Kanota Dam in Jaipur and a rescue operation has been launched.
Till 5.30 pm on Sunday, Jaipur recorded 63.2 mm rainfall, Alwar 14.2, Mount Abu and Sikar 9 mm each and Fatehpur 6.5 mm. Karauli district recorded "exceptionally heavy rainfall" of 38 cm.
"Safety of all citizens of Rajasthan - our top priority. Today, a meeting of the officials was held in the Chief Minister's Office regarding the heavy rains in the state and necessary guidelines were given to strengthen all the arrangements related to disaster management immediately," Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma posted on X.
It was villages in Haryana's Yamunanagar district that were inundated following a breach in the embankment of Som River.
The affected villages are Kanuwala, Bamnoli, Malikpur Bangar, Lalahadi and Manakpur of Yamunanagar district. Around 3-4 feet deep water entered Khanuwala village, forcing many residents to move to safer places.
Nine people, including eight members of a family, died in Punjab's Hoshiarpur on Sunday as their vehicle was swept away by an overflowing seasonal rivulet.
Heavy rains lashed central, south, southwest and east Delhi leading to waterlogging and traffic snarls on several road stretches. Officials said on Sunday a seven-year-old boy drowned in a waterlogged park in Rohini's Sector 20 the previous evening.
Three girls were killed and one person was missing in Himachal Pradesh where landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rains over the last two days led to the closure of more than 280 roads. Officials said 458 power and 48 water supply schemes are also affected.
Two deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun as a woman and her seven-year-old son died after the roof of their house collapsed in the Koch area following heavy rains.
A massive landslide at Bhimbali in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag stopped the flow of the Mandakini river briefly on Sunday, officials said.
In Punjab's Hoshiarpur, nine people including eight members of a family died and two others went missing after their vehicle got swept away on Sunday by the flooded Jaijon Choe, a seasonal rivulet.
Eleven members of the family, along with a driver, were travelling in the SUV from Dehra near Mehatpur in Una district of Himachal Pradesh to Mehrowal village in Punjab's SBS Nagar district to attend a wedding, police officials said.
As they were crossing the Jaijon Choe, which was in spate due to heavy rain, their vehicle got swept away, the police said.
Hoshiarpur Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal said a team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed.
Senior Superintendent of Police Surendra Lamba said nine bodies, including those of five females, have been recovered from the rivulet.
Rains lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana also. Mohali, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Rupnagar and Ambala were among the places that received rainfall.
Pathankot received 82 mm of rainfall, Gurdaspur 68.8 mm and Amritsar 57.6 mm in the last 24 hours which ended at 8:30 am, a meteorological department report said.
