Heavy rain lashes Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, several areas waterlogged; Watch Video
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, August 11, 2024: Heavy rains lashed several parts ofPunjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh today.The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert in Punjab on Sunday afternoon.
The heavy rains in Punjab also took the lives of 9 people in Hosphiarpur when the car overturned due to the heavy flow of the rainwater. The car carrying people was swept into the river. The accident happened while crossing the river. The bodies of all the dead have been recovered and two people are still missing. Innova driver's life was saved.
Punjab witnessed heavy rain since morning on Sunday.
Till 8.30 am, 57.6 mm of rain was recorded in Amritsar, 82 in Pathankot, 68.8 in Gurdaspur, and 35.5 mm in Mohali. While so far 57.2 mm of rain has been recorded in Ludhiana, 6.5 in Faridkot, 32 in Mohali, 51 in Patiala, 59 in Ropar, 42 in Rupnagar and 63.5 mm in SBS Nagar.
Apart from this, water inundated up to 3 feet in Ludhiana and Jalandhar. Due to this people had to face problems.
Orange alert has been issued in 12 districts of Punjab including Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahr, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Rupnagar, Patiala, SAS Nagar and Malerkotla by by the Meteorological Department.
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Heavy rain in the Tricity including Chandigarh
The temperature has also come down. The department had issued a yellow alert. A drop of 1.4 degrees has been recorded in the maximum temperature.
The maximum temperature was recorded at 34 degrees. Which is 0.5 degrees higher than normal. 110.03 mm of rain has been recorded in Chandigarh. While Mohali has received 32 mm of rain.Meanwhile, in Phase-11 of Mohali, sewage contamination with rainwater entered residents' houses. All the belongings of the people have been looted.
Many places in the city were flooded due to rain. In such a situation, the department has advised people to drive with caution. People are advised to drive slowly.
On this occasion, in front of District Court Sector 43 Road and from Sector 38/40 Light Point to Sector 38 West/39, water flooded. Due to this, the motorists are facing trouble. Meanwhile, a school bus got stuck due to a road breakdown near Sector-31-47.
Haryana's Gurugram and Ambala were lashed with heavy rain
Heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Ambala city on Sunday, disrupting normal life and causing water logging in the city.Commuters were seen wading through water-logged roads as heavy rainfall hit several parts of the city.
Similarly, residents in Gurugram faced massive water logging and traffic jams in several areas of the city.Key areas, including the Gurugram-Delhi Expressway,and many other subways were severely impacted, disrupting the normal life of the commuters.
The district administration reported that Gurugram received 53mm of rainfall by 8:30 am, causing water to accumulate in multiple sectors and on major roads. Some areas also recorded over 80 mm of rainfall.
Commuters were seen wading through water-logged roads as heavy rainfall hit several parts of the city.
Heavy rains continues to wreak havoc in Himachal
Rain lashed Dharamshala city on Sunday as rivers are already in spate in Himachal Pradesh.
As per data from the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), 55 people have been missing since August 1, including 33 people from Samej and the Bagipul area of the Shimla and Kullu districts.Additionally, 128 roads have been closed in the state, along with 44 electricity schemes and 67 water schemes which have been disrupted.
The recent heavy rainfall and flood situation in Himachal Pradesh has led to a devastating loss of Rs 900 crore to the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH), Public Works Department (PWD), and the state's road infrastructure, a government release said on Friday.