The weather department having issued heavy to very heavy rainfall alert for various areas of the State, including Dehradun, from July 1 to 3, the administration is making arrangements to ensure that the people are safe. According to the Met department officers, heavy to very heavy shower might lash several districts of the State like Uttarkashi, Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Pthiragarh, Tehri, Pauri and Champawat on Sunday. The spell of heavy shower might continue till July 3.
The administrations of the districts for which heavy to very heavy downpour warning has been issued are now engaged in making arrangements to ensure that the people are safe if it rains as per the forecast. The Uttarkashi administration is specially alert as the pilgrimage to Gangotri and Yamunotri is now on. It is learnt that some stretches of the Yamunotri national highway were blocked with hundreds of pilgrims remaining stuck on the way after landslides occurred.
Meanwhile, Dehradun city had no rain till Saturday evening though the sky was generally cloudy. As per Sunday’s weather forecast, the sky would remain mostly overcast with possibility of rain/thunder shower in many areas.
On Saturday, while the maximum temperature settled at 32.9 degree Celsius, one notch above the normal, the minimum hovered at 25.4 degree Celsius, two notches above the normal, in the city. The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded from other towns of Uttarakhand were Pantnagar 35.2 ºC and 26.ºC, Mukteshwar 23 ºC and 14.8 ºC, New Tehri 25.2 ºC and 17. 2 ºC respectively.