Weather Updates: Monsoon has become active in 18 states of the country. It is raining heavily in many states including Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra. The worst situation is in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Due to continuous rain for the last few days, the entire city is inundated. At midnight last Friday, disaster rained from the sky. Due to continuous rain since Thursday, flood like situation has arisen in many areas of the city. Water entered houses, markets, schools and colleges. The roads are flooded. Boats are moving. Buses parked in the bus depot have also drowned. About 106 mm rainfall has been recorded at Nagpur Airport from 1 am on Friday night to 5 am on Saturday. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that due to heavy rains many parts of the city have been flooded. 400 people, including 70 hearing and speech impaired students trapped in the flood, have been rescued safely. NDRF and SDRF teams are evacuating people safely from flood affected areas. Two companies of the army are deployed in Ambazari area.
Monsoon active in 18 states
It is raining heavily in Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra. The Meteorological Department has said that monsoon is active in 18 states of the country. Among the states where monsoon has become active, 18 states of the country including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Telangana, Andhra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh are active. It is raining heavily in these states. There are flood like situations in many areas. The worst situation is in Nagpur, Maharashtra. There is news of death of four people in Nagpur due to heavy rains.
Rain wreaks havoc in Nagpur: four people including woman killed
Here, there is news of death of four people including a woman due to flood that occurred after heavy rains in Nagpur. According to the information, flood water entered the house of Surendragarh resident Sandhya Dhore and her mother Sayabai Dhore. During this time, the rest of the people in the house managed to escape but Sandhya Dhore, who was suffering from paralysis, was left in the house, due to which she died. Let us tell you that due to heavy rains, most parts of Nagpur have been flooded, after which more than 400 people including 70 students of a school were evacuated to safe places.
Flood affected families in Nagpur will get compensation – Fadnavis
At the same time, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced a compensation of Rs 10,000 to the families affected by the flood following heavy rains in Nagpur and the owners of small roadside shops that were damaged, while a compensation of up to Rs 5 lakh to the big establishments. Let us tell you, Fadnavis and local MP cum Union Minister Nitin Gadkari held a review meeting on the flood situation late Saturday evening. While talking to the media, Deputy CM Fadnavis said that flood water has entered more than 10 thousand houses.
28 percent less rain in Bihar, 29 percent less in Jharkhand
Rajasthan 426.6 14
Gujarat 685.7 20
Uttar Pradesh 723.0 15
Bihar 938.6 28
Jharkhand 692.2 29
West Bengal 846.7 23
Odisha 1077 3
Rainfall six percent less than normal in the country so far
According to the Meteorological Department, the country has received 780.3 mm rainfall till September 22, whereas it should have been 832.4 mm. This is 6% less than normal. The Meteorological Department said that North-West India has received two percent more rainfall than normal, while Eastern and North-East India have received 10 percent less rainfall than normal.
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