The rough weather, comprising intermittent showers and fog due to low pressure area built in the Bay of Bengal, continued on Saturday after the heavy showers on Friday.
The capital city received 100 mm rainfall in the two days said weathermen predicting that the situation may improve by Sunday. local Meteorological department office suggested that on Sunday there could be brief spells of rainfall in the city but sunlight will be there in the daytime. They also said that after the rainfall the temperature variations in the day and night scales will raise and the cold conditions will further deteriorate. The temperature of the night time is likely to take a dip after the showers will recede.
Meanwhile, the spell of rain threw life out of gear on Saturday also in the city with the road traffic getting congested in busy areas. Saturday being the second last weekday of the long holidays many people stayed back home. Picnic spots and other recreational places also saw less visitors on Saturday due to rain and foggy conditions.
The situation across the State remained the same with cities and towns including Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh and other places witnessing overall rough weather.