People at the scene – Photo: Amar Ujala

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Continuous rains in Damoh have created flood situation in bridges in many places, causing people in rural areas to face considerable trouble. After the meeting of Anganwadi from Patharia on Monday, Virender Patel, father of Kashiram Patel, resident of village Semra Kachi, Anganwadi of the village The worker Rajni was coming to the village from Patharia on his bike with her husband Rajesh Patel. Meanwhile, heavy rains caused water on the bridge of Chhirka Bakeni, which caused the bridge to be flooded by Virender Patel’s bike removed the bike and men and women were drowned in the stream of water. The woman grabbed a floating tree branch by Rajni Patel, saving her life and was pulled out with the help of villagers. Meanwhile, Virender Patel drowned, whose whereabouts were not known till evening. Efforts are being made to find. SI Ganesh Dubey said an SDRF team has been called in to search for the youth. The help of villagers is also being sought in this work. SDRF chief Prachi Dubey said team members were sent to the spot to search for the youth.