The residents of the Doon valley were shaken by the thunderstorm in the wee hours of Sunday. The storm which awoke most of the city on the first day of June brought heavy rain along with it.
The rains brought a much needed reprieve from the heat which the residents were facing for some days. The storm, however, caused havoc as trees were uprooted at some places disrupting power supply in many areas. The mango and litchi crops were also damaged by the thunderstorm.
In Vikasnagar, a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed causing injuries to four labourers of whom two are reportedly in a critical condition.
In Indreshnagar, the rain caused overflow of the nullah and the force of the water damaged its protection wall. The wall along with its iron railings collapsed and damaged many vehicles parked nearby, luckily no one was injured. The dirty water of the nullah entered the nearby houses damaging household items. The local MlA and the parliamentary secretary Rajkumar visited the affected houses and called the officers of administration and Municipal Corporation on the spot. The District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam, Up Nagar Adhikari Harshwardhan Mishra and other officers visited the affected area.
The rains caused a downfall in the temperature of the city; the weather department recorded a maximum temperature of 34.2 degree C and a minimum temperature of 17.5 degree C on Sunday. The Met office has forecast cloudy sky and thunder cloud development in some areas of Dehradun on Monday. light rain / thunder showers would occur at a few places in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh districts and rainfall with thunder showers may occur at isolated places in rest of State.