Rains lash Gondia, Bhandara districts of eastern Maharashtra

Gondia: Gondia and Bhandara districts of eastern Maharashtra received heavy rainfall over the last two days, officials said on Tuesday night.

An unidentified middle-aged man riding a bicycle was swept away and drowned in a flooded nullah on Neemgaon- Pimplegaon road in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil, they said.

Four gates of Pujaritola dam were opened following the rainfall, said an official.

Gondia Collector Chinmay Gotmare has asked people living on the riverbanks to remain alert.

Agriculture Superintendent Hindurao Chavan has asked farmers to wait before starting sowing and paddy nursery work.