Towards the north, the mercury remained around the normal limits in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, while parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan received light to moderate rains during the day.
In a much-needed relief to rain-hit Maharashtra and Goa, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said rain activities are expected to reduce along the west coast, while it has issued an orange alert for 24 districts of Madhya Pradesh. .
The death toll in Maharashtra’s Pune and Konkan divisions in the past three days due to torrential rains and landslides in some areas rose to 112 on Saturday, including 52 in coastal Raigad district alone, the government said.
In addition, nine people have died and three are missing in Karnataka as heavy rains have caused flood-like situation and landslides in the state, and in Madhya Pradesh five people were killed and 18 injured in four lightning incidents. Have become.
Meanwhile, the IMD said Gujarat is likely to witness an “active wet spell” till July 27, with light to moderate rainfall at many places and heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places.
Traffic on the South Western Railway (SWR) route remained affected for the second consecutive day on Saturday, a day after a train derailed in Goa besides two landslides along the Goa-Karnataka border.
Towards the north, the mercury remained around the normal limits in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, while parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan received light to moderate rains during the day.
The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal and a minimum of 27.3 degrees Celsius. The relative humidity in the city was in the range of 83 per cent to 71 per cent.
The Meteorological Department has predicted a generally cloudy sky with light rain or drizzle on Sunday. It has issued an orange alert for July 26.
Light to moderate rain occurred at a few places in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and heavy rain at isolated places over the eastern part of the state.
The Meteorological Department said that there is a possibility of rain and thundershowers at some places in the state on Sunday and heavy rain at isolated places in the western part.
Light to moderate rain occurred at many places in Rajasthan too and widespread rain is likely over the eastern part of the state till July 27.
The Jaipur Meteorological Office said that Pirawa in Jhalawar recorded extremely heavy rainfall of 21 cm in the 24-hour period ending Saturday morning. Pipalda (Kota) and Malsisar (Jhunjhunu) received eight cm each during the same period.
In Punjab and Haryana, the maximum temperature remained close to normal, while some places received rain.
Haryana’s Ambala recorded a maximum temperature of 37.4 degrees Celsius, Hisar 37.3 degrees Celsius and Gurgaon 36.5 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the general capital, recorded a maximum temperature of 36.2 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal.
In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala recorded maximum temperatures of 35.6, 36.3 and 36.3 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Karnal, Rohtak and Amritsar received 7 mm, 0.2 mm and 10 mm of rainfall respectively.
In its forecast, the IMD said that the rainfall activity will increase over the North Indian plains and hills from July 25.
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“Extremely widespread to very heavy rainfall very likely over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh during July 26-28 and Punjab and East Uttar Pradesh on July 27 and 28 during July 25-28. Very heavy falls very likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on 27th & 28th July.
“The rain intensity is likely to decrease further over west coast including Konkan, Goa and adjoining interior Maharashtra during next 24 hours,” the IMD said.
In Maharashtra, 1,35,313 people have been evacuated, including 78,111 in Sangli district and 40,882 in Kolhapur district. The Krishna river in Sangli and the Panchganga in Kolhapur are in flood though the rains have subsided, officials said.
41 bodies have been recovered in the landslide that took place in Taliye village of Raigad on Thursday. A top police official said several others were still missing.
Between July 21 and 24, Raigad district reported 52 deaths, followed by Ratnagiri (21), Satara (13) and Thane (12). The state government said seven deaths were reported in Kolhapur, four in Mumbai, two in Sindhudurg and one in Pune.
A total of 99 people are missing in these areas, including 53 in Raigad, 27 in Satara, 14 in Ratnagiri, three in Thane and one each in Sindhudurg and Kolhapur. At least 53 people were injured in rain-related incidents.
In Satara district, at least 13 bodies have been recovered from landslide sites in Ambeghar and Dhokawale villages. The landslide occurred on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
In Karnataka, 31,360 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas, while 22,417 people are taking shelter in 237 relief camps. According to the data shared by the State Disaster Management Authority, 283 villages in 45 taluks have received rain, affecting a population of 36,498.
Of the deaths since July 22, four are from Uttara Kannada district, two from Belagavi and one each from Chikkamagaluru, Dharwad and Kodagu.
In Madhya Pradesh, the IMD said heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with lightning might occur in isolated places in Jabalpur, Rewa, Satna, Anuppur, Umarai, Dindori, Katni, Narsinghpur, Mandla, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Vidisha and Sehore, Rajgarh, Betul, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Dhar, Dewas, Agar Malwa, Ashok Nagar and Shivpuri districts.
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