BHOPAL: The state capital witnessed one of the heaviest shower spells — over 80mm — on Sunday, followed by rainfall activity on Monday. Bhopal, however, still remains substantially short of its annual rainfall quota.
Bhopal has so far received only 724 mm rainfall — about 65% of its annual quota of about 1100 mm .
Met office said, that Bhopal has so far received 724.8 mm of rainfall since June 1, which is 127.4 mm less than the normal rainfall till August 30. The Met `department expects heavy rain on Tuesday as well.
It is expected that the city will receive full quota of rainfall this year as well. It stated that in the next 24 hours, districts of Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain , Gwalior and Chambal division may receive heavy showers.
Met has also issued a warning for very heavy rainfall at some places in the districts of western MP, including Badwani, Alirajpur and Dewas, Chhatarpur , Sagar and in Umaria, Dindori and Narsinghpur districts.
