Telangana continues to brave heavy rains; declares school holiday on Tuesday
Education | September 28, 2021 14:45 ISTTelangana government has declared a holiday for all schools, and all educational institutions in view of the heavy rains.
Telangana government has declared a holiday for all schools, and all educational institutions in view of the heavy rains.
The Chief Secretary said the emergency departments like Revenue, Police, Fire Services, Municipal, Panchayati Raj, Irrigation, Roads and Buildings should be on emergency duty to ensure that no property or lives are lost due to heavy rains.
Amid heavy rainfall alert due to Cyclone Gulab, the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNUTH) has postponed all exams scheduled to be conducted on Monday (September 27).
The Odisha government has already mobilised men and machinery and launched an evacuation drive in seven identified districts in the southern parts of the state.
Odisha on Sunday experienced light to moderate rainfall as cyclone Gulab made landfall at a place in Andhra Pradesh, about 95 kilometres from Gopalpur in the state where a large number of people have been evacuated as a precautionary measure, officials said.
There is also a likelihood of heavy to very heavy showers in Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Koraput, and Malkangiri districts on Monday and Tuesday, the IMD said.
Odisha is likely to receive heavy rainfall over the districts of Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Khodak, Puri, Jagatsinghpurup, during the next 12 hours.
The downpour led to the closure of 103 roads for traffic in parts of Gujarat, including two state highways, due to water-logging and the damages they suffered, officials of the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) said.
West Bengal experienced heavy rain since Sunday night and throughout Monday morning. The weathermen forecast more downpours in the next 24 hours.
Earlier on Sunday, IMD informed that a cyclonic circulation hovering over North West Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of North Odisha-West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts was extending upto mid-tropospheric levels tilting south-westwards with height.
Severe waterlogging witnessed at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on September 20, following heavy rainfall in the city. Flight operations have been suspended temporarily due to waterlogging.
The Met department has forecast more heavy rain or thunderstorms till Tuesday morning in most districts of south Bengal, including in Kolkata.
Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls is very likely over Uttarakhand from Monday till September 23 while fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall likely to continue over Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal on Monday, the IMD said.
Heavy rains have wreaked havoc across many cities of Uttar Pradesh, UP government has declared that all colleges and schools will remain shut in the state for the next 48 hours.
The Uttar Pradesh government On Thursday decided to close all schools, colleges and other educational institutions for two days in the state, following incessant rains since the past 24 hours.
Massive flooding caused havoc in Rajkot and Jamnagar districts of Gujarat as they are witnessing heavy rainfall. Rescue operation are being carried by NDRF in several areas of Rajkot
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will visit Rajkot and Jamnagar district later in the day to access the situation, officials in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said.
While rain will be scattered on Wednesday along the Tamil Nadu delta region, it will increase in several districts of the state on Thursday in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression and crossed the coast near Chandbali in Bhadrak district on Monday morning, following which the weather office issued alerts for 13 districts.
The most recent prediction by the weather department indicated further downpour in Delhi and adjoining areas.
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