Strong winds coupled with rain battered Dehradun on Friday evening causing trees to fall in various localities of the city. While a cow tied in a cowshed died after a tree fell on the shelter, some of the jeep taxis parked on the Rispana riverbed were swept away as water level in the river rose swiftly due to rains in the mountains surrounding Dehradun.
According to the police, following the strong winds and rain experienced during the evening in Dehradun, the police control room and fire brigade received a number of calls about trees being felled by the squall. Reports were received about trees falling near Dwarka Store, Rajpur Road, New Cantt Road, Kalidas Road, near the regional transport office, NIVH, Sahastradhara Crossing and Indiranagar. The police, fire brigade and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team reached these sites to cut and remove the fallen trees in order to restore traffic movement. A few of the jeep taxis parked on the Rispana riverbed which had little water during the daytime, were swept away for some distance as rains in the surrounding mountains caused a swift rise in the level of water in the river. Rain was also reported from some other parts of the State.
The State meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said that Dehradun received about 25 mm rain on Friday. No rain is forecast in the city on Saturday with Dehradun expected to experience mainly clear to partly cloudy sky. Maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 37 °C and 22 °C respectively hereon Saturday.For Uttarakhand, the meteorological centre has forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy sky with likelihood of light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at isolated places especially in the mountainous regions on Saturday.
Meanwhile, on Friday, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in various towns of the state were 37.7°C and 25.1°C respective in Dehradun, 40.2°C and 25.1°C in Pantnagar, 24.2°C and 17.3°C in Mukteshwar and 27.2°C and 18.6°C respectively in New Tehri.