Normal life is continuing to be affected by the incessant rains which are lashing the State capital from last three days. The rains caused water logging and traffic snarls at many places of the city. The residents of Banjarwala, Mothrawala, Balliwala, and ISBT faced problems due to water logging.
It appears that the rains are here to stay for some mote days as the weathermen at Dehradun office of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) have warned of heavy rains at many places in state on Monday. In Dehradun some spells of rains and thunder showers could occur with cloudy sky. The rains ensured that both maximum temperature (24 Degree Celsius) and minimum temperature (21.6 Degree Celsius) were brought into close proximity.
Despite being Sunday most of the denizens preferred to remain indoors due to rains which ranged from showers to light drizzle. The markets wore deserted look for most part of the day. The daily wage earners, labourers and road side vendors of the city are at receiving end of the continuous rains. “I work at a construction site but due to rain from last three days work is stopped; it is very hard for poor like us who have to earn daily for two square meals”, said Channu lal a daily wage earner. Rains in Mussoorie is forcing the tourists to remain away from this hill station. The hotel owners are informing that the tourist arrival has seen a steep decline due to heavy rains in last week.