Jaipur/Bharatpur, July 4 -- Incessant heavy rains in Rajasthan since June 20 wreaked havoc across the state as severe waterlogging was seen across the cities while buildings have also reportedly collapsed in many places. "Today (on Thursday) a cyclonic circulation is formed over western Rajasthan and the monsoon trough line is passing through Bikaner. On Thursday, once again, heavy to very heavy rains lashed some parts of Kota, Udaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur divisions and rain is also likely to be recorded in some parts of Jaipur, Bikaner divisions," stated IMD. "Rainfall activities are likely to continue in some parts of Kota, Ajmer, Jaipur, Bharatpur, Udaipur divisions of eastern Rajasthan for the next four-five days and heavy/very heavy rainfall is likely at some places. There is a possibility of moderate and sometimes heavy rains along with thundershowers in some parts of Jodhpur and Bikaner divisions for the next three-four days," it added. On Thursday, a maximum of 200 mm rainfall was reported in Jhalwar's Khanpur followed by 180 mm in Ajmer's Jiyola, 150 mm in Jhalwar's Asnawar, 140 mm in Bhilwara's Hurda, and 130 mm in Kota's Sangod. IMD has also issued an orange alert in 31 districts for moderate to heavy rainfall for the next 24 hours. Due to a heavy rainfall, several roads in Jaipur's Mansarovar, VIT Marg, Shaym Naga, Jhalana Doongri have been exposed while the areas such as Malviya Nagar, MI Road, Pratap Nagar faced severe waterlogging. A senior official from the Jaipur Greater Nagar Nigam said, "Our team is working on those damages. Waterlogged areas are also being cleared." Due to rising water-levels, two men of age 35-38 in Bhilwara and Tonk swept away in Banas river. "The man in Bhilwara, Laxman Kumar, was found dead while the search is still on for the Tonk man," said an officer from the SDRF unit. Meanwhile, Rajasthan's dams have recorded a rapid rise compared to last year. At least 52.06% of the total dam storage in Rajasthan have already been filled in the first week of monsoon which was only 32.61% last year, showed the data from the State Water Resources Portal, with the three of the largest dams having also reached up to the brim with more than 90% water availability. Data showed that 31 dams in the state have been completely filled by Wednesday while 391 were partially filled and 270 remain empty. Of the 22 major dams across Tonk, Kota, Jaipur, Banswara, Deeg, Dausa, Bundi, Pali, Bhilwara, Pratapgarh, Dungarpur, Rajsamand, and Salumber with each more than 100 million cubic metres (mcm) capacity, three - Rana Pratap Sagar, Jawahar Sagar, and Kota Barrage - reached up to the brim with 96.66%, 92.30%, and 98.08% water availability accordingly. Meanwhile, nearly 2,000 people of Nunhera gram panchayat in Dholpur district have been forced to cross the seasonal Parvati river using four wheeler's tubes to even reach school as the area lacks any concrete road. This gram panchayat includes six villages - Bhura Ka Pura, Baghelon Ka Pura, Barso, Madheya, Panchhi ka Pura and Mahant Ka Adda villages. Several requests have been sent to political representatives and officials to build a bridge over the river for connectivity with sub-division headquarter Sempau, Nahar Singh, tehsildar, quoted the villagers as saying. However, Jaswant Gurjar,MLA from Bari rejected claims that requests were submitted to him on the matter. "Villagers or sarpanch never told me about such a problem. I will try to solve and fulfil the demand of villagers to construct an overbridge on the river," he said....