The Dehradun-based meteorological centre has issued an alert for heavy to very heavy rain in different parts of the state for the next 48 hours from Saturday. The districts which have been marked vulnerable for the heavy to very heavy downpour include Dehradun, Haridwar, Uttarkashi, Tehri, Pauri and Naninital. Besides, heavy rain might lash the rest of the state during the same period of time, the weather officers said.
In view of the heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for the next 48 hours, the Met centre has asked the administrations in the districts concerned to take steps to avoid rain-related damages.
Meanwhile, it rained continuously in Dehradun since Friday night till Saturday noon. Though the rain stopped around afternoon the sky remained overcast. The mercury dipped considerably in Dehradun thanks to the rain spell as the maximum temperature settled down at 24.7 degree Celsius, some five notches below the normal . While at Mukteswar, it was 16.7 degree Celsius it was 18.8 at New Tehri, several notches below the normal.