Dehradun: Sun came out in Dehradun on Saturday, giving some relief to the people who were reeling under the rainy spell for the past few days. However, the relief might be short-lived as Uttarakahnd Meteorological centre has forecast rainfall for two days from Sunday.
Besides, Bikram Singh, director of Meteorological centre, said that heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Uttarakhand on August 8 and August 9. It drizzled for some time in the morning after which the sun came out with the clouds dispersing.
Monsoon remaining active in Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, rains with varying intensity occurred at several places across Uttarakhand. By 8.30 am on Saturday, 150 mm rainfall each was reported in Jollygrant and Hardwar, 110 mm in Chaukhutia, 90 mm each in lansdowne, Karnaprayag, Dehradun and Bageshwar, 70 mm each in Jakholi, Deoprayag, Tehri, Didihat and Gairsain, 60 mm each in Pauri and Gangolihat, 50 mm each in Almora, Garud, Rudraprayag, Kotdwar and Dwarhat, 40 mm each in Ukhimath, Kapkot, Dharchula, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh and Ramnagar and 30 mm each in Bhatwari, Mussoorie, Mukteshwar, Tehri and Nainital. Highest maximum temperature of the State 33.8°C was recorded at Pant Nagar.
Singh said that the maximum temperature was 30.2 degrees Celsius, normal, while the minimum was 23.3 degrees Celsius, one notch above the normal, in Dehradun on Saturday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is generally cloudy sky with possibility of one or two spells of rain/thunder showers lashing some areas.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31 degrees Celsius and 23 degrees Celsius respectively in Dehradun on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Dehradun district disaster control room official said that due to landslides, triggered by heavy rainfall over the past few days, around 15 roads are still blocked for traffic in the rural parts of Dehradun district on Saturday.
One person was injured after a retaining wall of his house collapsed at Javeenghar in Vikasnagar on Friday. He was released after being given the primary medial aids at Doon Hospital, an official added.