Jaipur, Aug 9 (TIWN) As many as 161 people have been rescued and two bodies have been fished out during the rescue operations being carried out in the flood affected districts of Rajasthan in the last 24 hours, said a SDRF official on Monday.

As per the MeT department, the highest rainfall has been recorded at Kota's Kanwas in last 24 hours, which is around 125mm.  Earlier on Saturday, the SDRF team rescued 373 people and also fished out two bodies in Kota and surrounding districts.  A total of 28 teachers and students trapped in a residential school in Hingi village were evacuated after the Ujad river was flooded due to incessant rains.