Heavy rain lashes Punjab’s Jalandhar, disrupts normal life

Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], August 11 (ANI): Heavy rain lashed in Punjab’s Jalandhar on Sunday, inundating low-lying areas and causing traffic snarls.

Rain water entered in the houses in the low-lying area in Jalandhar. Many areas in the city witnessed waterlogging, affecting people’s daily commutes. Vehicles and people are seen wading through the waterlogged streets.

Traffic is also affected in some areas due to the falling of trees onto the roads.

Many areas have been completely submerged in water, posing a challenge to the local administration and emergency services.

Many other districts of Punjab and neighbouring Haryana also witnessed heavy rain on Sunday. Mohali, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Rupnagar, and Ambala received heavy rainfall.

Heavy rain disrupted normal life in Ambala. Many areas of the city witnessed waterlogging.

Commuters were seen wading through water-logged roads as heavy rainfall hit several parts of the city.

India Meteorological Department had predicted thunderstorms and lightning with Moderate Rain over parts of Kurukshetra, Ambala, Yamunanagar, and Panchkula.

“Thunderstorm\Lightning with Moderate Rain very likely over parts of Kurukshetra, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Panchkula,” IMD Chandigarh posted on X

IMD Regional Centre New Delhi also predicted moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by moderate thunderstorms and lightning across several parts of Haryana

“Moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by moderate thunderstorms and lightning is very likely to occur at Rajaund, Assandh, Jind, Gohana, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar (Haryana) Kotputli, Alwar, and Viratnagar (Rajasthan)” Regional Meteorological Centre, New Delhi, posted on X.

According to IMD, Haryana is expected to receive isolated heavy rainfall till the 14th of August.

“Fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, East Uttar Pradesh during 10th -16th; Jammu-KashmirLadakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, West Uttar Pradesh on 10th, 11th & during 14th – 16th; Punjab on 10th & 11th; Haryana-Chandigarh during 10th, 11th & 14th August,” IMD said in a press release.