Normal life in Dehradun and other parts of the State was affected following incessant rain on Friday. While the rain was light in the morning and the noon hours it became heavy in the evening. Schools were closed on Friday following heavy rainfall warning by the Met department. The weathermen said that things would improve a bit on Saturday as heavy rain is unlikely on this day.
The low- lying areas were water- logged. The roads were wet too, inconveniencing the commuters, particularly the two-wheeler riders. “We faced problems as the roads were wet,” said Anuj, a Raipur resident.
A Dehradun district disaster control room official said that a truck loaded with apples had plunged into a river at Ikchhadi in Chakrata at around 11 am on Friday. The vehicle was yet to be traced till the time of filing this report, though SDRF and local administration staffers have been pressed to conduct rescue operation. Meanwhile, due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the past few days, around 19 roads are still blocked for traffic in the rural parts of the Dehradun district on Friday.
Bikram Singh, director of Meteorological centre, said that by 8.30 am on Friday, 100 mm rain was recorded in Haldwani while the figures were 90 mm each in Haridwar, Didihat, Banbasa, lansdown, 80 mm in Ramnagar, 70 mm each in Dehradun, Rishikesh, Nainital, 60 mm in Jollygrant, 40 mm in Kapkot, 30 mm each in Pantnagar and Jaspur and 12.4 mm in Mukteshwar. The highest maximum temperature of the state 33.9°C was recorded at Roorkee. The maximum temperature was 27.5 degree Celsius, three notches below the normal, while the minimum was 24.4 degree Celsius- two notches above the normal- in Dehradun on Friday.