State capital finally received heavy rainfall but the joy soon curtailed after several areas witnessed waterlogging, long traffic snarls and several hours of power cut witnessed in different areas of the state capital on Thursday.
The heavy to heavy rains started at around 7 am continued for over three hours and the drizzles continued till 7 pm. The city recorded 8 cm of rainfall while suburb Bairagarh recorded 4 cm of rainfall on Thursday and warning has been issued for heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours.
Several roads were submerged at various places across the state capital. The traffic halted near railway under bridges. The senior officials, BMC Commissioner and City Mayor monitored situation and instructed for providing assistance to the areas facing problems.
Monsoon which delayed for highest period of arrival in the decade had created panic across the state as warnings of heavy rainfall has been issued for several regions. The regions which are likely to receive heavy rainfall are Sagar, Damoh, Vidisha, Raisen, Narsinghpur, Jabalpur, Chindwara, Sehore, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Ujjain and Seoni districts.
In the past 24 hours Sehore recorded the highest rainfall at 11 cm of rainfall, Ujjain and Ashta recorded 5 cm of rainfall, Silwani, Sonkutch, Nainpur and Mandla recorded 4 cm of rainfall.
The spell of good rainfall was witnessed at several places in Indore, Ujjain and Jabalpur divisions, at most of the places in Bhopal division and at few places in Sagar, Hoshangabad and Shahdol divisions.
According to the forecast Bhopal, Indore, Shahdol, Hoshangabad, Ujjain and Jabalpur divisions are likely to receive rainfall in the next 24 hours.