Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): Panic prevailed in the rural areas of Datia including Sevdha after a bridge of Ratangarh Mata temple built on the Sindh river washed away due to flood fury after water was released from a dam. The Lanch-Pichor bridge over the Sindh river also washed away in the fury.
The first bridge is of Lanch-Pichhore, which connects Indergarh, while the second bridge is of Marseni.
"10 gates of Manikheda Dam have been opened, and the affected villages were alerted," Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed earlier in the day. These bridges are among the three connecting the district to Gwalior, a major city in Madhya Pradesh.
The incident has brought the district administration and the police administration on toes. The public was completely barred from going on the bridge. The police administration has declared the bridge breakdown incident as a red alert in the area.
Not to be mentioned, the Madikheda Dam has been completely filled due to the continuous rain for the last 24 hours, due to which eight gates of the dam were opened and ten thousand cuesecs of water was released into the Sindh river.
