Police staff in place because part of the NH-30 was flooded after heavy rainfall in Bastar. File | Photo Credit: PTI
The family from Tamil Nadu – a couple and their two smaller daughters – on the car in which they traveled, was flooded with floods in the Chhattisgarh Bastar district, the police said on Wednesday (August 27, 2025).
According to the police, when the accident occurred, the victims of Rajesh Kumar G (43), his wife Pavitra (40) and their two daughters Saujaina (7) and Saumaiyya (4), along with the Lala Yada driver, try to drive through a flooded hood. Mr. Yadu, however, survived by holding the tree for several hours.
The car was powered by Rajesh Kumar, a building supplier who comes from Tamil Nadu and has lived in Raipur for the past few years. They were heading to Tamil over Bastar and Sukma District when they decided to turn over the heavy downpour and returned to the Kangger Valley National Park, where the current was strong, leading to an accident.
Bastar Superintendent of Police Shalabh Sinha said Hindu that while the call was accepted on Tuesday (August 26), the state strength of the reaction to disasters could start rescue work much later due to strong streams.
Late afternoon, Mr. Yadu was saved while the bodies of the remaining four were found in the car. Mr. Yadu told the police that Rajesh Kumar was driving while he was sitting in the front passenger seat and managed to get out because these doors were not stuck, unlike the remaining three.
In the next part of the Bastar district on Tuesday (August 25) there were six stuck civilians, including women and children, saved by the Indian Air Force in the helicopter in the Bastar district.
In response to the devastating floods in the Bastar Indian Air Force district, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, the Hadr Operations (Humanitarian Aid and Help) quickly launched to save the imprisoned civilians, said, said, he said,
Strong rain continued throughout the Bastar area, as the conditions of similar floods persisted in the districts of Dantewada, Bijapur and Bastar. There are efforts in Lohandiguda, Darbha and Tokapal Development Blocks in the Bastar district.
More than 100 villages, each in the Bijapore, Dantewada and Bastar districts, has been cut off from the district mansion over the last two days due to a torrential downpour. SDR and police staff were deployed for early evacuation of people stuck in the middle of the flood, the government official said.
Dr. Gayatri Vani, scientist and take over from state weather forecasts, IMD, Raipur, said Hindu that in the last 24 hours Sukma has seen extremely strong precipitation, while in Bastar, Dantewad and Narayanpur were in a very difficult category.
She added that from Thursday (August 28, 2025) the ministry expected a certain decline and would be significant from Friday (29 August).
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Published – August 27 2025 20:45
