The strong system of rain which was active in Madhya Pradesh for 3 days has lost its intensity due to this, there is no alert of heavy rain for the next 2 days.
On Tuesday, light rain occurred in Indore, Dhar, Ratlam, Guna and Satna. The sunshine was bright the entire state including Bhopal, Gwalior, Narmadapuram, Ujjain. There were clouds at some places.
A strong system will be formed again from August 29-30 . In such a situation, September will also start with heavy rain. This time more rainfall has been recorded in June, July and August than the quota of the monsoon season. So far 88% of the season i.e. 33 inches of rain has occurred.
Senior meteorologist told that due to monsoon trough, deep low pressure area, cyclonic circulation and western disturbance, there was a period of heavy rain in the entire state. Heavy rain occurred in many districts on Monday also, but monsoon activity will decrease from Tuesday.
On the other hand, Alirajpur Collector Dr. Abhay Arvind Bedekar has declared a holiday for schools from nursery to class 8 in the district today due to rain. He gave orders for this late on Monday evening.
The former Sarpanch's house was destroyed due to lightning in Bilav village of Bhind district. Thankfully, there was no loss of life. The incident happened on Monday night. The villagers were celebrating the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna, when suddenly lightning struck an old building.
The rainfall in Mandla-Seoni is more than 45 inches. Bhopal has received 108 percent more rain than normal. Shivpuri, Bhind, Sheopur, Seoni, Niwari and Singrauli have also received more rain than normal.
There are 5 districts in the state where more than 40 inches of rain have been recorded. Mandla has received the highest rainfall of 45.97 inches. Seoni has received 45 inches, Bhopal, Sheopur-Chhindwara have received more than 40 inches. Narmadapuram, Raisen, Sagar, Dindori, Rajgarh and Guna have also received good rainfall.
More rain than expected is recorded in the state capital. The Meteorological Department had predicted 106% or 40 inches of rain in Bhopal, but so far about 108% of the rainfall has been recorded. This figure will increase further, because the whole of September is still left. Due to good rains, all the dams and ponds of Bhopal have also overflowed. On Tuesday, the rain stopped a bit and bright sunshine has shone since morning.
An average of 40.5 inches of rain has fallen in Bhopal district. If we talk about the city only, then the figure is up to 55 inches. At the same time, there has been 10 inches more rain than last time. Last time there was 18% less rain i.e., 82% (30.9 inches).
For the sixth time in the last 10 years, the highest rainfall has occurred in Bhopal. Earlier, 74 inches of rain had occurred in the year 2022. Bhopal has received 40.5 inches of rain so far.
This year, 3 inches more rainfall than the normal rainfall has been recorded.
Due to heavy rains, 6 gates of Kaliyasot, 3 of Bhadbhada and 4 of Kerwa Dam were opened on Sunday. On Monday, one gate of Bhadbhada and 2 gates of Kaliyasot Dam remained open. These were closed in the evening. After a heavy rain, the dam gates will open again.
