Indian parliament's Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday (7 Augusut) took an aerial survey in a helicopter of flood-hit areas at Kota in the Rajasthan state of northern India.

Indian Army was roped in to lead rescue operations after several people were trapped inside their houses due to the deluge.

Rajasthan has been severely affected due to the rain, with many, including children, losing their lives in related incidents in the state.

On Wednesday, 11 people died in two separate rain-related incidents in the Bundi and Pali districts of Rajasthan. Of these, as many as eight deaths were those of children. Four of the eight children died in a pond in Pali.

In another incident, seven members of the family, including four minors, lost their lives after the wall of their house collapsed due to incessant rains in Bundi.

At least 140 people were rescued at various places in the Sangod area of the Kota district and evacuated to safer places.