Despite Meteorological centre’s forecast of heavy to heavy rainfall on Tuesday, prompting the Dehradun district administration to close schools, Dehradun city experienced just drizzling on the day. However, the Met centre has again issued a heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Chamoli, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar and Pithoragarh districts during the next 24 hours.
Anil, student of a Raipur-based school, said that his school was closed by the administration following Met office’s very heavy rainfall forecast. “We are enjoying the day at home,” he added.
However, the hill areas of the district recorded light to moderate rainfall that triggered landslides at several locations, resulting in road blockages on Tuesday. District disaster control room official said that 31 roads in rural mountainous parts of the Dehradun have remained blocked with efforts being made to clear them of the debris.
Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that monsoon remaining weak across Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, 40 mm rainfall was reported in Roorkee, 30 mm each in Karnaprayag, Rudraprayag and lansdowne, 7.7 mm in Dehradun, 17.7 mm in Tehri and 1.6 mm in Mukteshwar.
Singh said that the maximum temperature was 32.1 degree Celsius, two notches below the normal, while the minimum was 24.1 degree Celsius, one notch above the normal, in Dehradun on Tuesday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Wednesday is generally cloudy sky and rain/thunder showers at many places. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 30 degree Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on the day.