At least 12 women working in a field and their children were rescued from floodwaters in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district amid a rise in water levels in many rivers at several places as the monsoon gathered pace in the state, an official report said on Sunday.

With the monsoon becoming fully active and causing heavy rain, the water level of several rivers has started rising in many areas of Kushinagar, Balrampur and Shravasti districts, triggering floods and flood-like situations.