72mm rain cools down city; showers likely to continue over the weekend
CHANDIGARH: After Wednesday’s downpour of 133mm, 72mm more rain was recorded in the city on Thursday morning, taking the maximum temperature down by five degrees. Chances of light to moderate rain upto 50 mm is likely in the coming day, met officials said.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said, “The intensity of rain is likely to come down from Friday. Over the weekend, moderate showers can be expected along with wind speeds upto 50 km/h. The temperature is likely to stay on the lower side as well. The likelihood of rain is set to further come down next week.”
Although no traffic jams were reported after Thursday’s downpour, waterlogging was seen on some roads around Sector 28 and Industrial area. The maximum temperature of the city went down from 34.4 degrees on Wednesday to 29.3 degrees on Thursday, three degrees below normal.
The minimum temperature of the city went down from 25 degrees on Wednesday to 24.7 degrees on Thursday.
In the next three days, the maximum temperature of the city will remain between 31 degrees and 33 degrees while the minimum temperature will remain between 25 degrees and 26 degrees.
WATERLOGGING REPORTED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF MOHALI
MOHALI: Thursday morning’s downpour left several parts of Mohali waterlogged, with Phase 4, 5, 3B1, 3B2, Sector 76 and 77 remaining the worst hit. At many places, residents had to call the fire tenders to pump out water from the streets.
Former Congress councillor Kuljit Singh Bedi said he used the water pumping system to drain out water from the streets and parks in his area.
“Every time there is heavy rain, residents get terrified and start ringing us. They suffered massive losses during the 2017 flooding. This time, we installed water pumping sets at key points to drain the water.”
Even in Aerocity, waterlogging was witnessed on vacant plots.
Vinod Sharma, president of the Aerocity Welfare Society, said, “On one hand GMADA is fining people for non-construction, on the other hand, it is carrying out any maintenance. Water can be seen accumulated on most vacant plots here.”