Rainfall was reported from across Uttarakhand on Monday with routine life being affected in Dehradun and other towns. The rain caused traffic congestion on various city roads as has become a routine occurrence on rainy days. The police and homeguards followed the standard measures to resolve the congestion which caused considerable public inconvenience especially in the central part of the city.
In the Nainital district, the district magistrate has directed officials to be alert and ensure that no families are allowed to be near the river areas. He also released What’s App number- 9997655555, enabling one to inform the official concerned about any problem caused by rainfall.
The meteorological centre has forecast light to moderate rain/thundershowers at many places in Uttarakhand from Monday evening till August 5. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Tuesday is light rain/thunder showers in some areas with maximum and minimum temperatures likely to be around 31ºC and 22ºC respectively in Dehradun on Tuesday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Monday, rainfall of varying degrees was reported from some places in the State. While 3.7 mm rainfall was reported in Dehradun it was 1.9 mm in Tehri, 17.8 mm in Mukteshwar and 41.6 mm in Pantnagar.
The Met centre director Vikram Singh informed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 27.1ºC Celsius and 22.8ºC Celsius in Dehradun while it was 16.0ºC and 14.8ºC in Mukteshwar, 20.7ºC and 17.0ºC in Tehri and 30.6ºC and 24.4ºC in Pantnagar on Monday.