Water level in most of the Himalayan rivers and its tributaries in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand swelled following heavy rains on the consecutive days on Saturday.
The heavy thundershowers threw life out of gear with streets flooded with rain water on Saturday evening. The continuous spell of rain disrupted life in the State. Squally winds caused havoc and the power supply was reported to be disrupted. Sources confirmed that the relief work, which was hampered by bad weather, resumed in the course of the day with the rains giving a pause but again hampered the department efforts after experiencing fresh thundershowers, today evening.
The reconstruction of damaged roads in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri, and Pithoragarh districts were affected due to the inclement weather that was witnessed, today. As the network of major roads in these districts are still damaged making it impossible for the administration to transport trucks carrying relief material to affected villages especially the ones totally cut off, weather resistant choppers are the only option left for the authorities to ensure food supplies to villages facing foodgrain shortage.
The water levels of the Himalayan rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Sharda, Gori, Kali and Gola rivers are rising due to incessant rains, and the administration is keeping a close watch on the situation.
After experiencing the fresh rainfall on Saturday evening, several areas went without power till late in the evening. Among the worst affected areas that went into complete darkness was Rajpur road, Dharampur, Old Dalanwala, Raipur, Haridwar road etc. and the testing of lines continued till late in the evening.
The streets were flooded with the rain water after the rain stopped across the capital city. The long bumper to bumper traffic jams were easily noticeable at major inter sections of the capital city and later, traffic personnel strived to clear the traffic jams for resuming the vehicular flow of traffic in the capital city.
The problem of water logging was also witnessed at Dharampur, Araghar, Haridwar road, EC road, Dilaram chowk, Karanpur, Survey Chowk, Dalanwala, Raipur etc. The State Meteorological Department forecast about partly cloudy to generally cloudy sky and light to moderate Rain or thunder showers would occur in some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31°C and 23°C respectively in the capital city whereas the weather forecast for Uttarakhand is light to moderate (05-30mm) Rain or thunder showers would at many places with more than moderate (40-60 mm) rain or thunder showers may occur at isolated places in Uttarakhand.