Jaipur/ Barmer/ Jaisalmer, April 5 -- At least two people died in Jaipur on Friday night, amid a fierce hailstorm and sudden rains, police said, with farmers across the state reporting heavy losses as the extreme weather conditions damage crops. According to the police, a 50-year-old man died after an electric pole collapsed on him amid the hailstorm on Friday while he was passing through the Gandhinagar circle on a two-wheeler. "The pole suddenly collapsed on him, leading to his death on the spot. A local police vehicle passing through the area spotted him and immediately rushed him to the SMS Hospital, where he was declared dead," said deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Gandhi Nagar circle, Narayan Bajiya. Inspector of Jawahar Nagar circle, Ashok Singh, said a 65-year-old man was killed when a large granite stone tumbled from a hill amid heavy winds on Friday night. Meanwhile, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot demanded the government provide suitable compensation to all farmers who lost their crops in the last few weeks due to such hailstorms and rains. "Unseasonal rain and hailstorms in parts of the state have wreaked havoc on farmers. In Bikaner division, the hailstorm damaged wheat and psyllium crops. In Nagaur, psyllium, cumin, wheat, and fennel crops suffered significant damage. A few months ago, farmers in the state had to wait in lines for hours to get fertiliser. Now, the weather has taken its toll. The government should immediately provide financial support to farmers, and there should be no delay," he wrote on X. On Friday, the maximum rainfall of 30 mm was recorded in Udaipur's Kotra, followed by 20 mm in Jaipur's Amer, Ajmer city and Alwar's Rajgarh. Bharatpur's Beawar, Kaman and Deeg, plus Dausa, Ajmer's Naseerabad, Jaipur's Jawahar Nagar and Narayanpur, Sriganganagar's Karanpur, and Churu each logged 10 mm. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued alerts for at least 29 districts on Saturday. "The Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over central Pakistan and neighbourhood persists and now lies between 3.1 & 9.6 km above mean sea level. The upper-air cyclonic circulation over northeast Pakistan and the neighbourhood now lies over Punjab and the neighbourhood at 1.5 km above mean sea level. Subtropical westerly Jet Stream with core winds of the order of 125 knots at 12.6 km above mean sea level prevails over North India. A fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect Northwest India from April 7, 2026," an IMD release stated....