12 Dead As Heavy Rain Lashes Rajasthan, Farmers Protest Crop Loses

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Dholpur and Bharatpur districts, after heavy rain and thunderstorms lashed large parts of the state on Wednesday
While seven died in Dholpur's Badead area, five died in Bharatpur says news agency ANI
There are reports of fire due to short circuit in seven houses, where four people died
heavy overnight rainHeavy rain lashed northwestern India yesterday and in isolated places, storms with wind speed exceeding 100 km per hour
Heavy rain and thunderstorms uprooted trees in many localities in the capital.The hill states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and
Kashmir also received thundershowers in the last two days
for harvest
protestFarmers are protesting crop loses due to hailstorm and today many blocked the Mathura Expressway, reports news agency ANI
"There is nothing left now, more than 80 per cent of the crop has been destroyed," say farmers.Fairly heavy rain and high winds are expected
in next four to five days in the northeastern states of West Bengal, Assam and eastern Bihar said the IMD, as the Nor'westers season sets in
before the monsoon.