Rather heavy to heavy rainfall was recorded in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand in the last 24 hours. Maximum rainfall measuring 100 mm was recorded in Haldwani on Thursday.
The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre has issued warning as rather heavy to heavy rainfall is forecast at isolated places in Nainital, Almora, Bageshwar, Pauri and Udham Singh Nagar districts during next 48 hours, beginning from July 18 morning.
Moreover, in view of rather heavy to heavy rainfall in mountainous parts of the State, State Disaster Response Force personnel have been put on alert and teams have been directed to work as fast response teams for rescuing the affected persons if any reports of disaster are received. SDRF battalion commandant P Renuka Devi said that as State meteorological centre has forecast heavy rainfall at many places in the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand, SDRF personnel equipped with modern resources have been stationed in Kedarnath, linchauli, Bheembali, Gaurikund, lambagad, Harshil, Dehradun and Haridwar and have been put on alert. SDRF teams will also open the roads blocked due to landslides and other factors.
On Thursday, SDRF teams safely evacuated 130 pilgrims from Kedarnath to Gaurikund. After receiving reports of some pilgrims being stranded in Gangotri, an SDRF team was deployed from Harshil for conducting relief and rescue operations there, she added.
Meanwhile, the State capital received light rainfall measuring 15 mm on Thursday. Rather heavy to heavy rainfall was recorded at isolated places in the State in the past 48 hours.
By 8.30 am on Thursday, 100 mm rainfall was recorded in Haldwani, 48 mm in Mukteshwar, 52 mm in Nainital, 23 mm in Munsiyari, 16 mm in Pithoragarh, 9.8 mm in Haridwar, 26 mm in Roorkee, 15 mm in Kirtinagar, 14 mm in lansdowne, 14 mm in Kotdwar, 15 mm in Dehradun, 14 mm in Banbasa, 20 mm in Joshimath, 7.4 mm in Karnprayag, 29 mm in Chamoli, 6.6 mm in Ranikhet, 25.3 mm in Almora, 51 mm in Uttarkashi, 25 mm in Bhatwari, 26.1 mm in Badkot, 20.5 mm in Jakholi and 76 mm in Srinagar.
Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Anand Sharma said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 28.8°C and 24.5°C respectively in Dehradun on Thursday.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Friday is cloudy sky and one or two spells of moderate rain/ thunder storm at isolated places in the district. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 29°C and 24°C respectively on Friday in Dehradun.The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Friday is light to moderate rain/thunder storm at many places in Uttarakhand.
Rather heavy rainfall is forecast at a few places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts.Rather heavy/ heavy rainfall may occur at isolated places in Nainital, Almora, Bageshwar, Pauri and Udham Singh Nagar districts, he added.