Heavy rain continues to lash north India

Source: newsonair Date: 06 September 2010

Heavy rain continued to lash north India disrupting normal life and causing water levels of major rivers to rise. In Uttarakhand, the pilgrimage to Gangotri shrine remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Sunday as landslides triggered by heavy rain blocked road traffic. Moderate to rather heavy rainfall lashed several parts of the state where major rivers Ganga and Yamuna are flowing near danger mark. Met department has predicted more rain in the state during the next 24 hours. In Uttar Pradesh,flood like situation prevailed at a number of places following heavy rain. Gorakhpur received maximum 150.2 mm rain since Saturday. Water level in Ganga river has started rising at Allahabad, Mirzapur and Varanasi and flowing near danger mark at Gumtia Kannauj, Ankinghat at Kanpur dehat. Yamuna is flowing above danger mark in Mathura and rising in Agra, Kalpi, Hamirpur and Naini. Heavy rain lashed several parts of the national Capital on Monday morning. The downpour had thrown the life out of gear in Delhi on Sunday also. There were traffic jams at many places following water logging. Met office has warned Delhiites of more rain.

Several areas in the desert state of Rajasthan also received showers with Chittorgarh recording maximum rainfall of 127 mm till last evening. Dabok, Jodhpur and Pilani also experienced rainfall. Himachal Pradesh was also lashed by heavy rain, causing marginal fall in mercury in some parts of the hill state. The state capital Shimla received 70 mm of rains till last evening, bringing down the maximum temperature from 22 degree to 19.6 degrees. Dharamsala, Sundernagar and Mandi also received rainall. Punjab and Haryana, by and large, remained dry even as the Met office predicted moderate to rather heavy rainfall at a few places in the region in next couple of days. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah has alerted the officials to closely monitor flood situation in the state and take all precautionary measures to minimise the loss of property and crops. The state as a whole has recorded 660 mm rainfall so far as against the normal rainfall of 504.9 mm. The Met predicted isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall in the districts of Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Warangal of Telangana and over coastal Andhra region in the next two days.

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