Rain: The Yamuna river in Delhi has breached the danger mark (Representational)
Citizens in the national capital woke up to heavy rainfall, resulting in waterlogging in a few areas on Sunday morning. Citizens commuting from the Yamuna Bazar area witnessed heavy waterlogging due to heavy rainfall. According to the India Meteorological Department, thunderstorms with moderate to heavy intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi, NCR.
Scores of cars were submerged in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi on Saturday after heavy showers over the last 24 hours deluged the capital city. The roads have turned into mini canals, with water gushing in from everywhere.
The same day, 22 prisoners were injured, one of them grievously, after a wall of a jail barrack in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh collapsed, an official said. The wall of barrack number 6 caved in around 5.10 am, Bhind Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Singh told PTI over phone. The police officer said that the jail building was quite old and the wall might have collapsed as a result of incessant rains over the last couple of days.
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Overflowing Delhi's Naini Lake Triggers Alarm As Snakes Enter Homes
Incessant rains in the national capital have created panic among people residing around Naini Lake in Model Town where the water level has significantly risen in the past few days.
Last week, water entered people's houses, however, now it is the snakes that have created a worrisome situation as they reportedly entered houses in the vicinity, ANI reported.
Red, Orange Alerts For Rainfall For 22 Districts In Madhya Pradesh
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued red and orange alerts for rainfall ranging from extremely heavy to very heavy respectively for 22 districts in Madhya Pradesh.
The alerts are valid till Sunday morning, a senior weather official informed.
The red alert, for heavy to very heavy as well as extremely heavy rainfall, was for isolated places in Satna, Guna, Sheopur, Chhattarpaur and Tikamgarh, most of these districts being located in north MP along the border with the southern part of Uttar Pradesh, said PK Saha, senior meteorologist with weather office's Bhopal office.
Cars Submerged As Heavy Rain Leaves Ranchi Roads Flooded
Scores of cars were submerged in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi on Saturday after heavy showers over the last 24 hours deluged the capital city. The roads have turned into mini canals, with water gushing in from everywhere.
In Delhi, Yamuna Water Level Recedes Below Danger Mark
The water level in the Yamuna receded below the danger mark of 205.33 on Saturday morning, a day after the Delhi administration sounded a flood alert and expedited efforts to evacuate people living in the river floodplains. On Friday, with Haryana discharging more water into the river from the Hathnikund Barrage, the Delhi Police and the East Delhi district administration started evacuating people living on the floodplains of the Yamuna in the capital.
Orange Alert Issued For Delhi, Moderate Rain Predicted Today
The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert, predicting moderate rain on Saturday and warning of possible waterlogging in low-lying areas of the national capital and major traffic disruptions. The department has issued a yellow alert for Sunday, and orange alert also for Monday. The national capital recorded 42.8 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Friday, the weather department said.
Water Level At Jharkhand's Patratu Dam Touches Danger Mark
The water level of Jharkhand's Patratu dam touched the danger mark on Friday due to heavy rainfall, an official said. In the wake of continuous rain in the upstream of the Nalkari river that meets the Damodar river, the Patratu Thermal Power Station (PTPS) Estate Department announced that its one of the eight gates would be opened on Saturday to maintain a safe water level, the official said.
22 Injured As Rain Collapses Jail Barrack In Madhya Pradesh's Bhind
Twenty-two prisoners were injured, one of them grievously, after a wall of a barrack in Bhind district jail of Madhya Pradesh collapsed early on Saturday, an official said. The police officer said that the jail building was quite old and the wall might have collapsed as a result of incessant rains over the last couple of days.