The rain god finally showed mercy on the city as the monsoon hit the State Capital on Monday with heavy rain which disrupted the normal life for hours. It also caused snarling traffic and power supply disruptions for hours.
The monsoon arrived in Bhopal and Jabalpur on Monday and on the first day of the monsoon arrival, the citizens faced problems.
Bhopal received 9.22 cm of rainfall till 5.30 pm. Earlier in the year 1986 in the month of June the city had received 15.5 cm of rainfall which is the highest amount of rainfall received in the month of June on a single day.
The day temperature dipped by a few notches due to the heavy rainfall and was recorded at 33.5 degrees Celsius while the night temperature was recorded at 23.9 degrees Celsius. Water-logging was witnessed in several areas, making long beelines of vehicles.
The city was cut off from Hoshangabad Road as both Jyoti Talkies Square and the under-bridge faced water-logging upto 4-5 feet.
Several trees either fell down or were uprooted and hoardings were damaged in the heavy rain and strong winds.
Heavy showers with thunder and lightning which started in the afternoon and poured heavily in the evening continued till late night.
At around 1.30 pm, the Met department had officially confirmed that the monsoon had arrived in Bhopal. The monsoon arrived in Bhopal, Ratlam, Sehore, Raisen, Tendukheda, Jabalpur, Dindori and Anooppur and it would cover the whole State in the next 3-4 days, it said.
last year the monsoon arrived in the State Capital on July 7.
Met department officials said that the system over Bay of Bengla had moved over Odisha and its further movement would induce heavy rainfall across the State. A system is also witnessed over Arabian Sea.
From June 1 to June 22 the State had received an excess rainfall of 32 percent. In the State the normal rainfall from June 1 to June 22 is 61 mm and the amount received till date is 80.5 mm.
The eastern region of the State has received less than normal rainfall. The normal rainfall is around 67.1 mm but the region received 62.2 mm of rainfall. Indore received 7 cm of rainfall in the past 24 hours.