Raipur, Aug. 28 -- Torrential rains across South Chhattisgarh have triggered severe flooding in Bastar division, claiming at least five lives, while three others, including two schoolgirls, remain missing till today.
Heavy rainfall since Monday night caused major rivers, including the Indravati, to swell and submerge vast tracts of land across Bastar, Dantewada, Sukma, and Bijapur districts.
Authorities have so far confirmed five deaths, with three more bodies yet to be recovered. Among the casualties were two schoolgirls who drowned when their boat capsized in Bijapur's Indravati river on August 25.
A separate tragedy was reported on National Highway 30, where a Tamil Nadu family of four-Rajesh (42), his wife Pavitra (32), and daughters...