Bhopal: Heavy Rains and the flood fury in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday two bridges over a river washed away in the floods. Manikheda Dam’s 10 gates have been opened, and the affected villages were alerted, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed earlier in the day.

These bridges are among the three connecting the district to Gwalior, a major city in Madhya Pradesh. The bridge which built in 2009, connected Datia district to the Ratangarh town, popular for its goddess Durga temple. The Gwalior-Chambal region has been the worst-hit in the torrential rain pounding the state. Several teams of Air Force have been carrying out rescue operations in the flood-hit districts of the region.

The IMB has a red alert for Shivpuri, Sheopur, Guna and two other districts, besides orange alert for nine and yellow alert for other eight districts.