India News | NDRF Team Deployed in Ranchi, Deoghar to Rescue People from Low-lying Areas Hit by Incessant Rain

Ranchi, Aug 2 (PTI) NDRF teams were on Friday deployed in Jharkhand capital Ranchi and Deoghar to rescue people from low-lying areas hit by incessant rains, officials said.

Rescue operation is ongoing in low-lying areas, including New Bandhgari locality in Sadar police station area of the capital, an NDRF official said.

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"Our team, headed by Deputy Commandant Vinay Kumar, has rescued about 40 people from Ranchi's low-lying areas so far," said NDRF's Brajesh Kumar Singh.

A senior official said all districts are on alert due to the continuous rainfall, with Ranchi recording 90 mm. The state government has closed all schools up to Class 12, a government notification said.

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"The low pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand moved west-northwestwards, intensified into a depression and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of today, the 2nd August over north Jharkhand and neighbourhood near latitude 24.2°N and longitude 85.2°E, about 70 km south-southeast of Gaya (Bihar) and 120 km east of Daltonganj (Jharkhand)," said India Meteorological Department, Ranchi, in-charge Abhishek Anand.

The IMD has issued a 'red alert' for extremely heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and lightning for seven districts in the state, and an 'orange alert' for four districts.

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