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 JAIPUR, India (AP) - At least four people drowned or were electrocuted over the weekend in the northwestern desert state of Rajasthan, bringing India's overall monsoon death toll to 177, officials said Monday.
A breach in the wall of 118-year-old Jaswant Sagar dam in Jodhpur district flooded the Luni River and authorities sounded an alert in Jodhpur, Pali, Barmer and Jalore districts, said Kiran Soni Gupta, the top district administrator.
Nearly 20,000 people moved to the higher ground and air force helicopters dropped food packets in two nearly submerged villages on Sunday, Gupta said.
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