Heavy rainfall lashed Dehradun on Tuesday, leaving many of its residents, particularly those residing in the low-lying areas, inconvenienced. As usual, the low- lying areas got water- logged following a spell of rain. Besides, the condition of many roads is pathetic.
Ramesh, resident of Raipur, said that many roads have been damaged in the city over the past 25 days since the onset of monsoon in the state. “Public transportation system has nearly collapsed in many such areas where the roads have been damaged,” he grumbled. In Dehradun, things were equally bad with many of the nallahs remaining chocked. Surendra Bisht, a resident of Dehradun, said that construction works being on even in the thick of the monsoon, things on the roads are miserable. “The ordeal gets compounded after a few spells of rain. This happens every year and the administration along with the civic body chooses to sleep over the people’s miseries,” he complained.
Meanwhile, seven roads in the mountainous parts of the Dehradun district, including two prantiyakhand roads, one road each in chakrata, Saiya and Rishikesh and two village roads under PMGSY in Kalsi, have remained blocked with the Dehradun district disaster control room having received 20 rain-related complaints from various parts of the district over the past 24 hours.
light to moderate rainfall having occurred across Uttarakhand over the past 24 hours by 8.30 pm on Tuesday, 40 mm rainfall was recorded each in Garud and Uttarkashi, 30 mm each in Didihat, Keertinagar, Pantnagar, Kapkot and Pauri, 13.5 mm in Dehradun, 10.6 mm in Tehri, 3.6 mm in Mukteshwar and 30 mm in Pantnagar. In Dehradun, the rain started around at 11.30 am and continued till the evening. 26.4 mm rainfall was reported in Dehradun district over the past 24 hours.
Met director Bikram Singh said that the maximum temperature was 30.0 degree Celsius- normal- while the minimum was 24.7 degree Celsius- one notch above the normal- in Dehradun on Tuesday. The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Wednesday is generally cloudy sky with the likelihood of light to moderate rain/thunder showers at many places across the state. 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 32 degree Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Wednesday.