Several parts of Rajasthan receive light to moderate rain

Jaipur: Light to moderate rainfall drenched many parts of Rajasthan while a few places recorded heavy rainfall in the 24 hours ended at 8.30 am on Tuesday, the Met office said.

Sojat in Pali received the highest rainfall at 10 cm. Malpura in Tonk received 9 cm of rainfall, followed by Chidwa in Jhunjhunu at 8 cm, it said.

Gegal (Ajmer), Kotputli (Jaipur), Makrana (Nagaur), Jodhpur and Shahbad (Baran) received 7 cm of rainfall each while Behror (Alwar), Dausa, Bhilwara, Gogund (Udaipur) and Bundi each recorded 6 cm of rain.

Several other areas recorded rainfall below 5 cm, the Met department said.

For Wednesday, the weather office has issued a warning for very heavy rainfall in Banswara, Baran, Jhalawar, Kota and Pratapgarh and for heavy rainfall in Bhilwara, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Rajsamand, Sawaimadhopur, SirohiUdaipur, Barmer and Churu.