Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, July 12: Southwest Monsoon activity remained subdued in large parts of India on Sunday, with heavy precipitation largely confined to Uttarakhand, Himachal, West Bengal, and the northeastern states.
The India Meteorological Department, in its daily bulletin on Sunday, predicted 'isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall' likely over northeast India, West Bengal, and Bihar during the next 2-3 days and isolated heavy falls over east Uttar Pradesh in 4-5 days.
The IMD also forecast weak rainfall activity in northwest, west central and over south Peninsular India in the next 6-7 days
For Uttarakhand, the IMD issued a red alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall.
On Sunday, heavy rainfall triggered landslides across Uttarakhand, blocking 126 roads, including two national highways, while a wall collapse in Dehradun left a woman injured and forced seven families to evacuate.
Repair work was underway on the Yamunotri Highway, which has been closed for the past three days due to a landslide at Syanachatti.
According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), the Rishikesh-Yamunotri National Highway has remained closed for the past three days after a landslide at Syanachatti.
Himachal continued to be under a wet spell as light to moderate rains lashed parts of the state.
Jogindernagar in Mandi district received 60 mm of rain in the past 24 hours since Saturday evening, followed by Manali (45 mm), Sarahan (38.5 mm), Rohru (25 mm), and Shimla (19 mm).
The Cart Road, the lifeline of Shimla city, came to a standstill for a few hours when debris and a tree fell on the road near the Lift opposite the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) headquarters.
In the national capital, Delhi, the maximum temperatures were in the range of 35-36 degrees Celsius while minimum temperatures were in the range of 26-28 degrees Celsius over the past 24 hours.
The maximum temperatures were above normal (1.6 to 3 degrees Celsius) at isolated places and normal over the remaining parts of Delhi. |
