Moderate pre monsoon rains coupled with thunder storm lashed Raipur Monday evening bringing much respite to the people of state capital from the hot and humid condition which kept them uneasy throughout the day.
Notably, during the ‘Navtapa’ people of Raipur as also of entire central India were feeling the pinch of the summer waiting for arrival of rains and their wait finally ended Monday evening with the first spell of pre Monsoon rain. Though black clouds had started hovering on the sky from 5 in the evening by 6 pm it started drizzling and turned in to heavy down pour lasting for 20 minutes around 7 pm making the weather pleasant. To enjoy the first brush of rain after burning summer people came out of their houses and enjoyed the cool weather with family members. large crowd of people were seen at M G Road, G E Road, Malviya Road, Moti Baug Choupati and other places till 11 in night.
According to Met department besides Raipur other parts of the state also got spell of pre monsoon coupled with thunder storm. The Met department has forecast rains coupled with thunder storms in different parts of Chhattisgarh during the next 24 hours.
According to Met department though the forward movement of the monsoon has stagnated after reaching Kerala coast on June 1, it would soon reach Bastar, southern part of Chhattisgarh, in a week’s time.
Meanwhile, Raipur registered maximum 41.3 degree Celsius and minimum 28.9 degree Celsius, Durg 41.0 degree Celsius maximum and 28.4 minimum temperature, Bilaspur remained hottest with 41.9 degree C max temperature and 27.3 degree C minimum temperature. Ambikapur registered maximum 38.2 degree Celsius and minimum 25 degree C whereas Jagdalpur registered maximum 36.6 degree C and minimum 24.3 degree Celsius temperature.