42 Students Stranded in Phagi School Due to Flooded Masi River

42 students and 8 staff members are stranded at a school in Phagi after flooding of Masi River. Villagers provided food and bedding, but no administration has reached. Heavy rains affected several districts and rainfall is likely to reduce by August 17, per meteorological department.

In Phagi, 42 students and eight staff members have been cut off from their village as the Masi River overflowed, making the bridge impassable. Villagers took the initiative to arrange food and bedding for the stranded individuals.

Amba Lal Bahiro, a concerned parent, stated, "There's no other way to commute... The villagers arranged for food and bedding... No one from the administration has reached us. I talked to the SDM last night but he has been unreachable since. No rescue team has been sent. The children have been stranded for the last 27 hours." Bahiro added that when he talked to his daughter, she began to cry.

Places such as Dausa, Sikar, Nagaur, and Jodhpur have experienced substantial rainfall over the past 24 hours, with Jaipur seeing heavy downpours. A meteorological department official noted that the rainfall is expected to reduce after August 17.

(With inputs from agencies.)