Delhi: Rain lashes parts of national capital, brings relief from heatwave

New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): A fresh bout of rainfall lashed parts of the national capital on Sunday afternoon, bringing respite to the people after they had been battling the heatwave in the region for the past two months.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecast partly cloudy conditions in Delhi for Saturday and Sunday that were expected to bring relief from the simmering heat conditions.

Earlier, the weather department said that the monsoon is expected to hit Delhi-NCR around June 30.

The extreme heatwave had pushed Delhi’s power demand. According to the State Load Dispatch Centre data, at 3:22 PM on June 18, Delhi’s peak power demand clocked 8,647 MW. It is the highest ever in the history of the national capital.

Rains also showered in parts of Noida city in Uttar Pradesh.

Dehradun, the state capital of Uttarakhand, also received rainfall on Sunday afternoon.

Earlier in the day, citizens of Mumbai enjoyed the rains that lashed parts of the metropolitan city on Sunday. Locals and tourists could be seen relishing the rainfall along the beach.

Meanwhile, the IMD issued a red alert for Kerala and Mahe over the weekend. The region is expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall to extremely heavy falls on Saturday and Sunday.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected from Monday to Wednesday, the Met Office said.

The weather department has also issued Red alerts for South Interior Karnataka, Konkan and Goa, and coastal Karnataka. An orange alert has also been issued for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Madhya Maharashtra, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.