Rain continues to batter several parts of country

 Heavy rains continued in many parts of the country and water level of rivers in Uttar Pradesh started rising as monsoon advanced further into many states of north India.

In Telangana’s Medak district, two minors of a family were killed and their parents injured in the early hours of Sunday after a wall of their house collapsed on them due to incessant rain, police said.

Geeta (5) and Chitti (10) were killed when the wall of their shanty collapsed around 1 am near Ramayampet, police said.

Rains lashed several parts of Rajasthan, with Sikar receiving 20 cm precipitation, followed by Baran 11 cm. Incessant showers continued to hit Pune and Nashik. The wet spell resulted in an increase in water levels of the four dams that supply water to Pune city — Khadakwasla, Panshet, Varasgaon and Temghar.

The Southwest Monsoon has advanced further into remaining parts of west Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, most parts of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab and some parts of east Rajasthan.

The national capital on Sunday experienced pleasant weather as rains brought the maximum temperature down to 32.4 degrees, four notches below the season’s average.

With light to moderate rain in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, water level of important rivers has started rising at a number of places. According to the Central Water Commission, Sharda river is flowing above danger mark in Paliakalan, Lakhimpur.

Several parts of Punjab and Haryana were being pounded by heavy rain since Saturday. Jind received 100 mm rain, while Narwana and Chhachrauli recorded 90 mm rainfall each. In Punjab, Nabha and Muktsar recorded 60 mm rainfall each.

Rajasthan’s Udaipur on Sunday received 45 mm rainfall, followed by Kota 41.8 mm and Churu 18 mm. Barmer was the hottest in the state with maximum temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius, while Jaisalmer recorded a high of 39.7 degrees Celsius.

Mercury drops

In Himachal Pradesh, the mercury dropped marginally as it received light to moderate rains. The lower areas of the state reeled under sultry conditions as humidity level rose after scattered rainfall.

In Bihar, rains brought relief to the people of Patna and other parts of the state. Patna recorded 19 mm rainfall, while Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnea received 32 mm, 22 mm and 34 mm rainfall respectively. The rains brought down the maximum temperature which hovered around 30 degrees Celsius in major towns of the state.

Kolkata received the monsoon’s first downpour with incessant rains lashing the metropolis since Sunday morning. The day temperature came down sharply to 28.5 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, as the city received 29.8 mm rain.

The Met department has forecast heavy rain over the next two days in sub-Himalayan West Bengal. Heavy rain is very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha and Jharkhand, the IMD said.

Showers pound Maharashtra

Rain continues to batter the Mumbai suburbs and the coastal Konkan coast on Sunday with several rivers like Surya in Palghar district and Kundalika river overflowing at several places disrupting the road traffic, DHNS reports from Mumbai. The weathermen forecast heavy to very heavy rain for Monday and Tuesday in Mumbai city and suburbs. Meanwhile, rain also lashed the western Maharashtra — where the Radhanagiri dam at Kolhapur is overflowing and Koyna dam in Satara received good rainfall in the catchment area. As rain led to dip in mercury, lot of people went for hiking at the ghats and the hill stations like Matheran and Mahabaleshwar.

Intermittent rain was reported in Mumbai throughout the day but with less intensity. There was no major impact on the local train movement. The traffic was slow because of potholes and waterlogging in the suburbs side. Over the last couple of days, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has filled over 300 potholes between Mumbai-Dahisar, Mumbai-Mulund and Mumbai-Mankhurd. A report from Virar said, a couple of units of the pumping station at Virar was stopped for a day as the Surya river overflowed.