Jaipur, June 19 : The SDRF team rescued 39 civilians stranded in flood-affected Od Basti of Bhinmal town of Jalore district in the wake of cyclone Biparjoy, and took them to safe places.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot spoke to the district collectors of Jalore, Sirohi, Barmer and Pali during the day. The situation is under control and continuous monitoring is being done, the officials added.

State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) Commandant Rajkumar Gupta said 39 civilians stranded in flood-affected Od Basti of Bhinmal town in Jalore were rescued and taken to safer places. Twenty people trapped in their houses due to water-logging in the low-lying areas of Dhaurimanna town in Barmer district were rescued by the personnel of the force, he said. 

Police said four people, including a woman, were killed in two separate rain-related incidents in Barmer and Rajsamand districts. Barmer's Sevda police station officer Hansaram said two minor brothers drowned in the pond in Gangasara village on Sunday morning. The bodies were fished out and handed over to their family members after post-mortem examination. 

The Rajsamand police control room said Premsingh Rajput (45) died due to land sliding in Baghota village and Lali Bai (48) died after the balcony of a house fell on her in a village under the Kelwa police station area.

Rajasthan Disaster and Relief Secretary P C Kishan said, "There is also an alert for heavy rains in the next 15-20 hours. Our teams are on alert."

He said several dams in Pindwara, Abu Road and Rewar are now full. The water level of Batisa Dam in Sirohi is 315 metres and water is being released from the dam.  According to the Disaster Relief and Management Department, heavy rains were recorded in many areas. As per the meteorological department, 226 mm of rainfall was recorded in Pali's Airan Pura Road, 155 mm in Sirohi, 123 mm in Jalore and 91 mm in Jodhpur City from morning to evening on Sunday.