Rains kill 11 in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal: Eleven people were killed due to heavy rains in seven districts of Madhya Pradesh in the last five days, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said today.[caption id="attachment_396664" align="alignleft" width="380"] PTI[/caption]Of the 11 people, four died in Hoshangabad, three in Ujjain, two in Damoh and one each in Sehore and Dewas, he told reporters here after an aerial survey of the affected districts. An ex-gratia of Rs 1.5 lakh each would be provided to the kin of those killed due to heavy rainfall, Chouhan said. There has also been heavy loss of cattle and its estimate is being prepared, he said.To a question, he said it was too early to say whether the state would ask for central assistance or request for a central team to be sent to state for studying the situation. Chouhan said, however, there are some districts which received very little or no rainfall at all. He said the worst-hit was Alirajpur district which had not received any rainfall.The districts which received heavy rainfall include Harda, Hoshangabad, Sehore, Shajapur, Dewas, Ujjain and Damoh. The chief minister also commended the work done by the disaster management team, including Army and Home Guard jawans, in rescuing 156 passengers who were stuck mid-stream in Shajapur district yesterday.Nearly 3,500 people were shifted to relief camps in the affected districts by the administration as a precautionary measure, the chief minister said.PTI