Indian Air Force helicopters out stranded people from flood-hit regions

Indian Air Force helicopters out stranded people from flood-hit regions

Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers have airlifted several people stranded in flood-hit areas of central India's Madhya Pradesh state.

A group of people, including women and children, were rescued from Somalwada village in Sehore in an IAF chopper on August 30 as rains continue to batter the state.

At least three IAF helicopters have been pressed into rescue works.

A chopper carrying around 20 to 25 people safely landed at Shahganj Mandi courtyard while another went back to Somalwada to evacuate others.

Following incessant rainfall over several parts of the state in the last couple of days, nearly 8,000 people have been rescued so far and 170 relief camps set up in the affected districts, reports suggest.

The superintendent of police and the district magistrate were present during the rescue operation.

The video shows several people descending from the chopper after being safely airlifted by the IAF officers.

Sehore and Chhindwara districts have been receiving continuously heavy rainfall, resulting in the water bodies overflowing.

The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a red alert of extremely heavy rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places of Chhindwara, Vidisha, Sehore, Rajgarh and Shajapur districts.