Four children among 10 killed as rain lashes state

Bhopal | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

Summary:

Despite the rushing water, they smashed the windscreens and pulled out the three men but they had already drowned. Three of them drowned in canals that were flowing five to six feet above their banks. And three were killed in a wall collapse. The steady downpour turned into torrential rain after midnight, and thousands of people woke up to water sloshing around in their homes at bed level.For six people in Bhopal, including four kids, it was too late. The Swift was swept away in seconds, even as Raisen resident Rahul Maheshwari, his colleague Deepak Agrawal of Mandsaur and company C&F agent Arvind Nagori of Neemuch kept screaming for help.Some villagers plunged in after the car, swam to it and tied it with ropes..