INDORE: Overnight torrential rainfall turned Indore’s roads and lanes into flooded rivers, sweeping away cars and two-wheelers and killing at least one man on Wednesday. There is a red alert for Thursday.
A 23-year-old man drowned trying to save a seven-year-old boy from the swollen Chandan Nagar Nullah. The child survived but his saviour did not.
Indore had received 108.9mm rainfall in 24 hours by Wednesday morning — the highest this season — and by 8.30pm, another 19.6mm rainfall was recorded. Civic workers are on high alert as parts of western Indore went waist-deep under. Floodwaters surged into a dozen colonies, with Prajapat Nagar residents left reeling from the monsoon fury late Tuesday night. Two cars moving on the roads were swept away. Thankfully, the occupants managed to get out safely.
