Today Weather Update: The Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy rain in many states today. In many states, the water level of rivers is flowing above the danger mark.
Weather Forecast Today: The Meteorological Department has issued a warning of heavy rain on Tuesday in 8 districts of Maharashtra including Mumbai. For this, the department has issued an orange alert. However, the current spell of heavy rains in the state may subside towards the end of this week. Coastal and western Maharashtra regions include Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Kolhapur and Satara districts, which have been battling heavy rains for more than a week. Orange alert will remain in Thane, Raigarh, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Satara, Pune, Yavatmal, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli on Wednesday.
Monsoon rains killed 75 people
According to IMD, Orange Alert has been issued for Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Satara, Pune, Chandrapur and Gondia on Thursday (Today Weather Update) and for Satara only on Friday. However, by the weekend, most of the districts in the state are likely to be back in the Green or Yellow zones. The intensity of the present monsoon has weakened, due to which people will get some relief.
For the last 10 days, most parts of Maharashtra, especially the coastal Konkan, western, northern and eastern regions have been reeling under heavy rains, which have led to flash floods, hill landslides, water-logging of farms, houses, public and private properties. Apart from this, more than 75 people have lost their lives in various tragedies related to rain.
Fear of flood due to heavy rains in Karnataka
There is a danger of flood in Karnataka (Today Weather Update) due to South West Monsoon. Due to heavy rains, many small rivers are in spate. The authorities have declared a holiday for schools and colleges today in nine districts of the state, Belagavi, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Haveri, Hassan, Shivamogga, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu. At the same time, the Meteorological Department has issued a ‘red alert’ for the three coastal districts of the state, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada.
Orange alert issued in the state
In some areas of the state, there is a possibility of temporary disruption of power supply, traffic jam and damage to ‘raw’ and unsafe structures. ‘Orange Alert’ has been announced for Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Shimoga. While ‘Yellow Alert’ has been issued for Belagavi, Haveri, Kalburgi, Vijayapura and Hassan.
Many areas submerged
Heavy rains continue in different parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts (Today Weather Update). In the last two days, the water level in many rivers of the region has been increasing and the low-lying areas have been submerged. Official sources said that the water level in many parts of Netravati, Phalguni and Dakshina Kannada districts has become a threat to the people living on the banks of the river.
Kullu-Manali NH disrupted due to floods
After the floods, the Kullu-Manali National Highway is running obstructed for the last 16 days. The name of the highway has been erased from many places and efforts are being made to rebuild it. Restoration work is yet to be done on 8 km stretch of the highway. At present, NHAI is trying to restore the single lane, but the overflowing Beas river and landslides are constantly causing trouble.
Coastalization of paved edges necessary
Local people say that (Today Weather Update) channelization of concrete on the banks of river Beas is necessary. Had there been RCC walls on the sides, the damage would have been less. Kullu district has suffered the most in Himachal Pradesh due to this rain-flood. At the same time, the international tourist city Manali has not been able to connect with the important Kullu highway for the last 16 days.
Water level increased in Ganga-Yamuna in Prayagraj as well
Talking about UP, the water level of Ganga-Yamuna has increased by 10-10 cm in the last 24 hours in Prayagraj (Today’s Weather Update). This is the 12th consecutive day, when the water level of both the rivers continues to rise in Sangamnagari. In many areas of Madhya Pradesh, rain water is reaching here through the tributaries of Yamuna. Even in Varanasi, the administration is careful.
Yamuna above the danger level in Delhi
The water level of Yamuna in Delhi is continuously running above the danger mark (Today Weather Update). The ‘Old Railway Bridge’ of Old Delhi has been closed for rail traffic. The water level of the Yamuna river was more than a meter above the danger mark of 205.33 meters on Monday morning, due to which the authorities stopped the movement of trains on the iron bridge.
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