Rajasthan records heavy rains

Moderate to heavy rains lashed almost the entire Rajasthan with Shergarh in Jodhpur district receiving the maximum rainfall of 14 cms till this morning.South-west monsoons were active over the state specially the north-west-south covering Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Pali, Sirohi, Tonk, Jaipur, Sawaimadhopur, Banswara, Dungarpur and Pratapgarh districts in last 24 hours, the Meteorological department said in Jaipur.Ghatol and Kushalgarh recorded a maximum rainfall of 10 cms each followed by Bagidora, Sajjangarh, Luni and Jaswantpur which received 9 cms each. Satopla and Mount Abu received 8 cms each, Sindari, Lohana, Revdhar, Pratapgarh 7 cms each, Jagpur, Kotada, Marwar junction, Gudha 6 cms each while Ramgarh, Chaksu, Jodhpur and Pokhran 5 cms each.Apart from this, one to four cms of rainfall was reported at many places in these districts.Jaipur recorded a maximum rainfall of about 1.5 cms.The current spell of rains will continue next week too in the state, they said.