DEHRADUN: Normal life was badly affected in parts of Uttarakhand on Sunday due to incessant rainfall lashing both the hills and plains.
The regional meteorological centre had issued an orange alert of ‘very heavy to extremely heavy’ showers on July 18 and 19. “We have recorded rainfall across the state in the past 36 hours with several places receiving ‘heavy to very heavy’ showers. Rains will continue on July 19,” said Bikram Singh, director, Met centre.
According to the Met centre, Ramnagar in Nainital district received maximum 187mm rainfall, Bageshwar 162mm, Jolly Grant 142mm, Dehradun 132mm, Khatima 123mm and Mussoorie 70mm.
The Met office said that rainfall will continue on Monday as well with “extremely heavy” showers likely to occur at isolated places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital and Pauri districts.
The rains are likely to decrease from July 21 onwards and dry weather will prevail afterwards, the Met office added.
