The incessant monsoon rains have brought joyous to Giridih and Bermo coal town residents. The districts suffering a dry spell since the past few years welcomed the downpour with open arms. Even as the rainfall brought relief, Bermo, Bokaro and Giridih faced water logging problems, Drain water overflowed to most of the roads and rain water entered several houses in Nawadih, Kathara, Phusro, Bokaro Thermal and Gomia in Bokaro while water logging also affected traffic at several areas like Pirtard, Dumari ,Giridih town, Main Chowk.
The Mica city is already facing a shortage of drains along the roads.There are a few drain but most of them are chocked, said Amar Sinha, a resident of Giridih town.
Incessant rain in the passed 24 hours has left most parts of the coal and mica city and suburbs flooded on Friday.
life has come to standstill due to continuous rain and strong wind. Over a dozen trees were uprooted while a few of them that fall on roads had caused traffic jam at many places in Nawadih area of Bermo. “Since it has been raining for more than 20 hours, the roads are water logged due to this. The water is seeping inside our house. It becomes difficult even to step outside the house –said Awadhesh Kumar, a resident of Bokaro thermal .
According to the local, Met office, the city has registered more than 54 mm of rain so far and is expected to receive more late in the evening.
The weather condition will remain the same in the evening and probably the coal city will receive more rain–said Met department official.
Incessant rain since Thursday afternoon has increased the water level of Damodar, Bokro and Konar rivers. Although no casualty has been reported as heavy rain lashed the district for over 24 hours, it caused 10 local peoples of Chanderpura area were reported trapped at the middle of Damodar River near Intake well in Chanderpura,when the level rose after water was released from the Tenughat dam around 20 km away.A police team reached the spot and started rescue work.