INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
INDORE: Indore, said to be the commercial capital of central India, came to a standstill after being swamped by the heaviest September
rainfall in its recorded history - 10 inches of rain in 24 hours
Met records say the record prior to this was 6.8 inches of rain in 1962.Houses, roads, buses went under water
Miraculously, only one death was reported - a testament to the bravery of rescuers and ordinary Indoreans who toiled all night to save at
least 200 lives, including an 8-day-old boy, four toddlers and a pregnant woman who was carried to safety on a chair
The way it's raining, rescuers stare at another sleepless night.Indore is often compared with Mumbai
In the last 24 hours, the Swachh city has shown it can match the resilience of the Maximum City.The downpour began around 4.30pm on Friday,
and steadily intensified all night
Indoreans woke up to water in their homes, flooded roads and pounding rain
Residents could only watch as vehicles got swept away.As roads turned into rivers, Indore fought to stay afloat
Personnel from the district administration, Indore Municipal Corporation and SDERF worked all night, wading in chest-deep water to plug
threats, rescue people and pumping water out of hospitals
Thousands were evacuated from flooded slums
The administration arranged for 54,000 food packets for those displaced
Sadly, an elderly woman lost her life after she was swept away by an overflowing rivulet in Mhow
A minibus, on its way back from Ujjain with around 15 devotees, stalled in the floodwaters on MR 10 service road in Banganga around 5am
Police, locals and SDERF personnel teamed up to rescue all of them
Collector Ilayaraja T asked people not to drive on flooded bridges, warning of punitive action
Be aware, vigilant and secure," Ilayaraja said in his social media message to Indoreans.
