With monsoons finally settling over the region, moderate to heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday bringing down the maximum temperature and providing relief to people from heat and sultry conditions.
Rain waters inundated many low-lying areas in the region, officials said and disturbed normal life in the morning. The spell of rain brought cheers to farmers as it is good for the paddy crop which is widely grown in the twin agrarian states. Due to the weak onset of the monsoons, the sown crop was getting adversely affected. Dera Bassi was lashed by 106 mm of rainfall, Nuh 98 mm, Indri 90 mm, Gurdaspur 62.4 mm, Naraingarh 76 mm, Jagadhari 57 mm and Ballabgarh 46 mm, the MeT office said here.
Besides, Faridabad received 55 mm of rainfall, Kurukshetra 51 mm, Thanesar 47 mm, Morni 44 mm, Chandigarh 40.4 mm, Patiala 26.4 mm, Kalka 25 mm, Radaur 24 mm, Rajpura 37 mm, Khrar 18 mm, Nawanshahr 10 mm, Panipat 6.1 mm, Rohtak 5 mm, Ambala 14.6 mm and Patiala 26.4 mm.