After a spell of torrential shower in Dehradun on Thursday, many places were waterlogged with the residents being forced to wade through ankle- deep water to reach destinations. The nallahs which turned chocked following the rain compounded things, sending the people to fume over the apathy of the civic body and others towards their worsening plight. More is store for the next 24 hours as forecast by the Met department, they are worrying over what would happen the already waterlogged roads. Things were particularly bad in several areas of the city like Crossroad Mall, Dobhal Chowk, Mohkampur, Rispana and Chuna Bhatta. Traffic was affected too with long snarls being witnessed on many of the important roads of the city.
Uttarakhand Meteorological centre has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Chamoli, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar and Pithoragarh districts during the next 24 hours. Uttarakhand Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said on Thursday that the monsoon has now turned active in Dehradun and other areas after remaining sluggish for some days.
Meanwhile, due to heavy rainfall triggered landslides over the past few days, around 26 roads are still blocked for traffic in the rural parts of the Dehradun district. Dehradun district disaster control room official said that 30 complaints related to road blocks, land erosion and damaged safety walls were reported from various parts of the district over the past 24 hours.
In Dehradun, the sky was cloudy from the morning hours followed by heavy shower during the noon hours on Thursday. From noon to evening on Thursday, around 15 mm rainfall was reported in the city while the figure was 30 mm for Rishikesh.
However, on the other side of the picture, the college students were found enjoying the rain. Anil Bisht, a college student, said that he had allowed himself to be drenched. “But the teacher scolded me and asked me to keep away from the rains,” he said.
Meteorological centre director Singh said that 100 mm rainfall was reported in Nainital, 60 mm each in Banbasa, Chamoli and Ukhimath, 50 mm rainfall in Karnprayag, 40 mm each in Haldwani, Jakholi and Bhatwari, 30 mm each in Didihat, Pantnagar and Uttarkashi, 1.9 mm in Dehradun, 4.2 mm in Tehri and 9.2 mm in Mukeshwar.