New Delhi. There is chaos in many states of the country due to rain. Heavy rain has been falling in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for the last two days. Normal life is disrupted due to floods in many areas. In the last 24 hours, 5 people died in a landslide in Vijayawada, Andhra. 3 people drowned in a canal in Guntur. The railway track between Kesamudram and Mehboobabad in Telangana was washed away. All trains on the Delhi-Vijayawada route have been stopped. About 6 trains going to and coming from Andhra and Telangana have been cancelled and 9 have been diverted. At the same time, the rain system has become active again in MP. Rain started with strong winds in Bhopal and Indore at around 3 pm. Dark clouds covered Vidisha at around 2 pm and water started falling. In a few minutes, low-lying areas were flooded. The pandal erected in the cultural building for the program of Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan collapsed.
The weather department has predicted heavy rains in Telangana on Monday. Due to this, all schools will remain closed on Monday. There is also a 5-day alert in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. There is a possibility of heavy rains in MP-Rajasthan with the beginning of September. The weather department has also predicted floods and landslides. 24 crocodiles entered residential areas in Vadodara, Gujarat between 27 and 29 August.
The water level of Ganga has been rising in Uttar Pradesh for the last 7 days. 55 ghats in Varanasi are submerged in Ganga. Ganga is above the danger mark in Ballia. The Meteorological Department said that in August, the North-West part of the country received 253.9 mm of rain. This is the second highest rainfall since 2001. There is a possibility of more than normal rainfall in September as well. Very heavy rain is expected in Uttarakhand, parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in September. Extremely heavy rainfall in these areas can cause floods. Apart from this, one has to remain alert about landslides as well.
The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir on September 2. Orange and yellow alerts for rain will remain in many districts of Gujarat for the next 3 days. The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh on September 2.