The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has forecast moderate to rather heavy rainfall at isolated places in the State in the next 48 hours. Dehradun received 23.4 mm rainfall on Saturday.
light to moderate rainfall at various places in the State capital on Saturday morning brought relief to the residents from hot and humid conditions. However, a short spell of rainfall in the State capital caused water logging and muddy conditions in various areas which led to inconvenience to the road users.
large number of Dehradun residents registered their complaints related to waterlogging, damaged roads among others in their respective area in control room established by the district magistrate recently. Increasing number of public complaints in the control room has exposed district administration’s preparedness for monsoon season in the state capital.
State received light to moderate rainfall at various places on Saturday. 23.4 mm rainfall was recorded in Dehradun and 7 mm in Pithoragarh, 9 mm in Joshimath and 5 mm in Barkot (Uttarkashi).Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Anand Sharma said that the areas in higher altitudes like Tapovan, Malari, Joshimath, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Kailash Mansarovar route and Auli might have been received light to moderate rain on Saturday. State capital received moderate monsoon rainfall at isolated places on Saturday.
Sharma further said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 31.3°C and 24.4°C respectively in Dehradun on Saturday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is generally cloudy and rain/ thunder shower at isolated places in the district.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31°C and 24°C respectively on Sunday in Dehradun. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is light to moderate rain/thunder storm at many places in Uttarakhand. Rather heavy to heavy rainfall could occur at isolated places especially in Kumaun region, he added.