Rajasthan: Army called in to join rescue operations as rains cause flood-like situation in many districts
Secretary of Disaster Management and Relief Department Ashutosh Pednekar said Army columns have been deployed in Dholpur and Jhalawar districts of Rajasthan Jaipur: Torrential rains have created flood-like situation in Rajasthan’s three districts — Jhalawar, Dholpur and Baran — where the army has been called to carry out rescue operations, officials said on Tuesday. An IAF helicopter is also being deployed to airlift more than 50 people stuck in the waterlogged areas in Baran and Jhalawar districts while schools in all four districts of Kota division – Kota, Baran, Jhalawar and Bundi — have been shut, they said. Secretary of Disaster Management and Relief Department Ashutosh Pednekar said army columns have been deployed in Dholpur and Jhalawar districts. Bharatpur Divisional Commissioner Sanwarmal Verma said rescue operations in the affected areas of Dholpur are going on.
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