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Balod bridge collapses, villages cut off; 41-yr-old drowns in Sakti
Raipur: Monsoon fury in the state continued wreaking havoc on Wednesday as a bridge collapses in Balod, disconnecting dozens of villages as people battled dangerous conditions and infrastructure struggling to stand the onslaught of heavy rains.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has flagged possible thunderstorms and lightning with gusty winds (30–40 km/h) in districts such as north Bastar, Dhamtari, Balod, Rajnandgaon, Durg and Bemetara. There were twin alerts issued by IMD about an active monsoon phase gripping Chhattisgarh.
In Balod district's Bori village, relentless rain caused the Semaria Nala bridge to collapse, disconnecting dozens of villages including Piparchhedi, Bordki, and Pasod from the district headquarters.
In Sakti, a 41-year-old man drowned while trying to cross a fast-flowing drain in the village of Anda, Sakti district. The victim Sukhchand Varam, was returning home late on July 7 after attending a wedding event in Bilaspur.
While crossing a drain with water flowing about two feet above the bridge, he was swept away. He was accompanied by two friends, who raised an alarm and sought help from locals, but no immediate assistance was found.
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A rescue operation was launched on July 8 by authorities but the search yielded no results. It was only after 36 hours, that the body was recovered from the drain in Malharoda.
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