Chhattisgarh which is currently having nearly 5 percent below normal rainfall this Monsoon season, is expected to receive normal to heavy showers for the next two-three days because of a low pressure area is formed over the Bay of Bengal, the weather department said on Wednesday.
During the past 24 hours light to moderate rain has occurred over many districts of Chhattisgarh like Ambikapur received 29 mm rainfall, Rajnandgaon 32 mm rainfall, Pendra 9 mm rainfall, Jagdalpur 4 mm rainfall and Bilaspur received 15 mm rainfall. Kanker district of Bastar region received the heaviest amount of rainfall in the past 24 hours where several areas were inundated and thousands of people were marooned. local administration has pressed several rescuers into service to take people of the low-lying areas to safer places. Dudh River in Kanker is in spate.
The weather office informed that rainfall figures in Chhattisgarh are expected to improve as a low pressure area has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal, adjoining Odisha and West Bengal coast.
The low pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal could bring in widespread moderate to heavy shower during next two-three days. One or two places may even get very heavy rains mainly in Ambikapur, Raigarh, Koriya, Bilaspur, Balod, Bijapur, Bastar, Dantewada, Sukma and Kanker.