State capital would witness extremely heavy rainfall, Met has issued an alert regarding rainfall in Bhopal and it has been raining heavily intermittently since Friday morning.
Under the present heavy rainfall conditions, if the rain continues like this, more than 4 inches of water is expected to fall in the next 24 hours. With this, the September quota of rainfall would be received. In the last 14 days, Bhopal has received 5.27 inches of rain, while the normal rainfall for September is 6.91 inches.
Drizzle started in the areas of Kolar Road from 6.30 in the morning, while heavy rain started at 8 in the morning. This led to waterlogging in many areas. It is raining heavily on Ayodhya bypass also. The storm continues in many areas including Karond, Hoshangabad Road, Raisen Road, City, Chhola, Sant Hirdaram Nagar (Bairagarh), Ashoka Garden. After 2 pm, heavy rain started again, which continued for a long time.
The present rainfall situation would rescue regions from drought. Water is expected to increase in Upper Lake, Kaliyasot and Kerava Dam. There has been a slight increase in water in Kolar Dam. It has been raining in Sehore since yesterday.
Bhopal has received 25.71 inches of rain since June 1, whereas it should have been 35.65 inches. Due to less rainfall in July-August, the overall rainfall figure is 28 percent less, but the figure is improving in September.
In the last 11 years, it happened 6 times when the quota of rain was not met in September.
The highest rainfall occurred in the year 2019. There was more than 22 inches of rain in just one month, whereas the lowest rainfall was only 1.65 inches in the year 2013. Last year, 8.32 inches of water had fallen, whereas this year, 5.27 inches of water had fallen from September 1 to 14. 1.64 inches more water is needed to fulfill the quota in September.