THREE DROWN MAKING REELS

Chittorgarh/Jaipur: In a tragic incident, two students drowned in Rawatbhata’s Padajhar in Chittorgarh district. They were making a reel when they accidentally slipped. SDRF team reached the spot and started search operation amid heavy rainfall and found bodies of both students. Deceased are identified as Lakshya Chhparwal, resident of Dantarmagarh, Sikar and Saurabh Jat resident of Nawalgarh, Jhunjhunu. Both the bodies were kept in the mortuary of the sub-district hospital. The deceased were students of Kota Technical University. Relatives of both students reached Rawatbhata. In another similar mishap one boy also died at Chulia waterfall in Rawatbhata on Sunday.

Light to moderate rainfall occurred in several parts of Rajasthan. In Sikar, Dantaramgarh recorded the highest rainfall of 17 cm, followed by 10 cm in Nawalgarh. Some of the places also received heavy to very heavy rains, it said. Bamanwas in Sawaimadhopur and Jhunjhunu’s Udaipurwati recorded 10 cm of rain each, 9 cm in Srimadhopur (Sikar) and 7 cm in Chomu (Jaipur), according to MeT department. The department has predicted rainfall in several areas of the state during the next 24 hours.