Two drown due to flooding in Wardha district

WARDHA: A woman, identified as Rambabai Namdev Meshram, was swept away in flood waters of Waghadi river in Samudrapur tehsil while a man, Santosh Shambharkar of Tas village, drowned in an overflowing nullah along with his bullock cart on Thursday evening as the district received incessant rain for more than 40 hours.
Tehsildar Raju Ranveer, deputy tehsildar KD Kirsan and police station officer PI Hemant Chandewar of Samudrapur police station are supervising the search operation.
As many as 20 villages of Samudrapur tehsil have been cut off due to incessant rains since Thursday morning.
Shambharkar was swept away in flood waters near a school while returning home.
At Pipari village, one Bandu Chide was swept away while crossing a nullah on his two-wheeler. He was rescued by local people.
The administration has alerted villagers living along riverside have been alerted .