Heavy rains lashed parts of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) personnel were deployed for rescue operations in Indore. People were rescued after rain inundated low-lying areas. Sehore received 316 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert in Khargone, Alirajpur and other places. An orange alert issued for a few places in nine districts. A woman was reportedly killed in a wall collapse incident in Dhar. A two-year-old boy was swept away in an overflowing stream. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also joined the rescue operation in the state.
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