Bhopal

Moderate rains bring relief to city residents

SR

A mix of light and heavy showers throughout the day provided a bit relief from the incessant rains which lashed the city for the last 2-3 days making life a little tough disrupting the normal routine of the people.

The city received 10 mm of rainfall while the day temperature was recorded at 24.4 degree Celsius which was 5 degrees below the normal temperature. The dip in the temperature could be accounted to the good amount of rains in the last few days.

The Met officials have claimed that a low pressure area is formed over Bay of Bengal and will induce heavy rainfall in the state and state capital in the next 2-3 days. The more prone area receiving heavy rainfall would be Eastern part of the state which would receive rainfall after 48 hours.

The Met department has issued warning of heavy rainfall in Hoshangabad, Ujjain, Gwalior and Chambal divisions while few regions of Shahdol and Jabalpur divisions are likely top receive heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours.

The city would receive intermittent light showers in the next 24 hours and the maximum temperature would be witnessed around 22 degree Celsius predicts the weather forecast.

Tikamgarh and Rajgarh received 2 cm of rainfall on Thursday.Heavy rainfall has disrupted the connectivity and the roads and railways tracks have suffered the most.

Due to heavy rainfall, at Guna-Maxi rail section, tracks between Ruthiyai and Mahuguda station was submerged disrupting the traffic on both the tracks on Sunday.

The tracks were washed out at Bina-Kota rail section under Kota Railway division tracks between Ruthiyai and Dharnoda stations.Few of the trains were diverted, partially cancelled and cancelled. The train number 54811 Bhopal-Jodhpur Passenger was cancelled on Monday.