Rains drench north India; traffic snarls up at many places

New Delhi, Sept 03: Rains drenched many parts of north India today plummeting mercury by several notches providing respite to the people from hot and humid weather.
Widespread rains created traffic snarls up at several places as vehicles moved at snail's pace due to water-logging.

Hissar and Ambala in Haryana received 34 and 12.4 mm of rains respectively as the temperature in the two districts dipped by two to four degrees celsius.
Chandigarh, which received 11.4 mm of rain, had the maximum day temperature of 31 degrees celsius.

In Ludhiana in Punjab, the mercury stayed at pleasant 29 degrees celsius as the district received 25.1 mm of rain.
Delhi received 9.6 mm of rain as traffic was thrown out of gear at several key intersections with lights konking off following the downpour.

Scooterists were stranded and people had to wade through knee deep water to reach their destinations, particularly in low-lying areas.
In Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, where the temperature dipped to 22.5 degrees celsius, Bhuntar, Sundernagar, Nahan, Una and Solan received sharp showers.

In Rajashtan, heavy downpour affected normal life in Jodhpur while Jalore, Banswara, Bhinmal, Mount Abu, Udaipur, Bikaner, Jaiselmer and Barmer had intermittent showers.

An upper air cyclonic circulation is active over north-west Rajasthan and adjoining Punjab, the met office said, adding moderate to heavy rains are likely at many places in the region in the next 48 hours.

Bureau Report