Almost 6,000 Rescued As Over 1,200 Villages Hit By Floods In Madhya Pradesh

Over 1,200 villages were affected by the floods due to heavy rains and 5,959 people were rescued and shifted to safer places with the help of the Army, NDRF, BSF and state agencies.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that 1,950 people were still stranded in flood-hit areas and the efforts were on to rescue them.

He said, “The flood situation in north Madhya Pradesh is grim. 1,225 villages in Shivpuri, Sheopur, Datia, Gwalior, Guna, Bhind and Morena districts are affected.”