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Kanpur: Heavy rainfall during the last 15 hours, though making the climatic conditions favourable, turned the entire city into several mini pools. Water logging at several places resulted in movement of normal traffic being badly hit on Monday.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department and CSA observatory, the city received around 43.8 mm of rain till 8am on Monday. However, rains stopped around 1pm. Thereafter, people came out on roads and found themselves stuck at several places and most of them returned back to their homes. Several of them faced awkward situations when their vehicles' got stuck in waterlogged road.
There was a jam-like situation at Govind Nagar, Shastri Nagar, P Road, Pony Road, Fazal Ganj, Rawatpur Sarsaul, Bidhanu Naubastaa Bara Chauraha, Baqar Mandi, etc.
At Govind Nagar, water entered into the shops. Juhi railway under bridge, was filled with rainy, sewer water and sludge.
As a result, the short and important route to connect South Kanpur was cut off. Citizens coming from the city and going to the city were forced to take long alternate routes. Roads were submerged till two to three feet of water at several places including the famous Anandeshwar temple. The devotees faced a hard time to reach the temple on the occasion of last Monday of Shrawan.
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Several roads were also broken due to water logging.
Due to heavy rains, 2 elderly women and a child died as their houses collapsed. One injured was admitted to the hospital. One woman died at Jajmau mound. One Mohd Shafeeq and his wife Anees Fatima were living with their two sons in a mud wall house. Due to rains, the wall and platform of their house cracked as they were repairing their house, the mound sank.
The debris of the mound fell on their house and both Shafeeq and Anees were caved in the debris. The neighbours tried to rescue them and took them to Kanshi Ram hospital, where doctors declared Anees dead and the condition of Shaqueel is stated to be critical. The second incident took place at Ghatampur where the wall of a dilapidated house collapsed leaving one minor seriously injured.
CHC Ghatampur declared him dead when he was brought there by his parents. One Ranno Devi died at village Kaintha in Ghatampur when the roof of her house collapsed.
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