Rainfall Alert: Voting is taking place for 93 seats in 11 states and union territories for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy rain in some states.
Rainfall Alert: Voting is taking place for 93 seats in 11 states and union territories for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy rain in some states. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a rain warning in the northeastern states and West Bengal. This may definitely provide some relief to the voters. At the same time, the Meteorological Department has issued orange alert for heat wave in some districts of Karnataka today. Voting is taking place in these districts today.
Early on Tuesday morning, PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah voted in Ahmedabad. PM Modi cast his vote at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad. Also appealed to the people for record voting.
Today voting is also taking place for four Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal. A day earlier, there had been heavy rain in many districts of Bengal on Monday. IMD has predicted that rains will continue in the state for the next few days, which will bring down the temperature and may provide some respite to the voters during the ongoing heat wave condition in the state. The Meteorological Department said that by May 10, there will be thunderstorms with strong winds in many districts of West Bengal. The weather agency has also predicted several cyclonic circulations near the northeastern states. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain in Assam on the day of voting. Today voting is taking place for all the 14 seats of Assam.
Heavy rain in these states
IMD said south-easterly moisture-laden winds from the Bay of Bengal will move towards eastern India, causing moderate to heavy rainfall over many districts of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Assam as well as other northeastern states this week. . It rained in many parts of Dibrugarh, Assam on Sunday. Which has provided relief from rising temperatures. It is likely that rain will continue in the state on May 7 and 8.
According to the IMD forecast, light to moderate rain may occur over parts of Odisha till May 10 and the temperature is likely to remain above 40 degrees Celsius.
Heat wave in these states, orange alert
The weather agency has predicted that heatwave conditions will persist in Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Jharkhand this week, with maximum temperatures recorded 4-7 degrees Celsius above normal on Monday. The IMD has also issued an orange alert in most of the districts of Karnataka, where voting is taking place on Tuesday. The temperature in Odisha and Karnataka is expected to be above 40 degrees Celsius on the day of voting in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections.
It is noteworthy that in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections, voting is going on in 93 constituencies of 11 states and union territories on Tuesday. A total of more than 1,300 candidates are in the fray for 93 seats. Among the veteran candidates are many leaders including Union Minister Amit Shah, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Mansukh Mandaviya.
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