All schools and colleges across Nagpur in Maharashtra will remain closed on Wednesday due to continuous rainfall and the forecast of further heavy showers. District Collector Vipin Itankar has issued a notification regarding the closure of all educational institutions in the city.
“Given continuous rainfall and the forecast of further heavy showers, District Collector Vipin Itankar has ordered the closure of all schools and colleges across the district for today, Wednesday, July 9,” the notification reads.
Devendra Fadnavis reviewed the rainfall situation in Nagpur city and district with the District Collector, Municipal Commissioner, and Police Commissioner. “The current situation is under control. NDRF and SDRF teams have been kept on standby to deal with any emergency. In view of the heavy rainfall warning, the district administration has declared a holiday for schools in the district today. The CM has also appealed to citizens to take necessary safety precautions,” Chief Minister's Office said.
Yellow alert issued in Nagpur
Nagpur city and its surrounding areas have been affected by heavy rainfall for the second day on Tuesday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a red alert for the evening. The weather department has issued a yellow alert for Wednesday.
As per the data from the surface observatory at Sonegaon, Nagpur recorded 69.7mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 pm, with a significant 67.7mm falling between 8:30 am and 8:30 pm on Tuesday. Several tehsils in the district witnessed very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall:
Check area wise rainfall details
- Bhiwapur received 118.6 mm
- Ramtek: 107mm
- Mauda & Katol: 100.3mm each
- Parshivni: 99.9mm
- Kuhi: 98.2mm
- Kamptee: 88.8mm
- Umred: 80.8mm
- Saoner: 65.2mm
- Kalmeshwar: 68.7mm
- Hingna: 57.5mm
- Narkhed: 53.6mm
- Nagpur (rural): 64.7mm
Weather prediction for Nagpur
The IMD said thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and moderate rainfall is likely to occur at few places over Gondia , Bhandara and Nagpur districts of Vidarbha.
The weather office added that light to moderate rainfall is very likely to occur at most places over Buldhana, Akola, Wardha, Amravati and Yavatmal district of vidarbha.
Light to moderate rainfall is very likely to occur at few places over Chandrapur and Gadchiroli district of vidarbha, it added.
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