The four children drowned in Ras village when they tried to save each other, Ras station house officer (SHO) Surendra Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the body of a 35-year-old man was fished out by SDRF from Karari river at Bhilampur village under Baran police station. He was washed away while crossing the river. Three others, who got washed away in Bhavani river at Rawatbhatta in Chittorgarh district following incessant rains, were rescued by the civil defence team.
The state government said that heavy rains had created a flood like situation in some areas of Kota, Baran, Bundi and Jhalawar and Dholpur districts.
Teams of NDRF, SDRF and civil defence were conducting rescue operations. The Army and Air Force have been put on alert.
An SDRF report said in the last 86 hours ending Wednesday noon, 243 people were rescued and 81 bodies of the dead recovered in rain-related incidents.
An official with the disaster management department said about 800 people living in low lying areas were shifted to safe areas in various districts in the last two days.
Incessant rains and floods for the last seven days affected rail operations also. In Nagaur, the Jaipur-Jodhpur railway line was disrupted due to heavy rains. More than 10 trains were diverted to Jaipur via Ajmer and Ringas-Churu. Tracks were submerged under water at several stations, including Kota, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur. In view of the security issues, trains have been cancelled under the Kota division.
According to the meteorological department, many areas in the eastern parts of the state received heavy rains in the last few days. Road connectivity to more than 100 villages in the region has been cut off, officials said.
SDRF commandant Pankaj Chaudhary said their teams have been deployed in flooded areas in districts such as Baran, Dholpur, Sawai Madhopur and Karauli.
Several areas in Baran, Sawai Madhopur, Kota and Bundi received extremely heavy rains and several others received heavy to very heavy rains till Wednesday morning.
The 10 gates of the Kota barrage, which was opened to release 1 lakh cusec of water in the morning on Wednesday, was reduced to four gates in the evening after rains receded for the day.
The weather department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in some districts in the eastern Rajasthan on Wednesday and Thursday.
