Monsoon Highlights: Rivers swell, bridges collapse as rainfall intensifies in parts of north India

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday chaired a meeting of civil and police officers to review the arrangements for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra.

Sinha said he also discussed efforts underway to restore traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway which has been closed due to landslides at several places due to rains.

With Chandigarh witnessing its wettest day in 70 years, recording a whopping 302.2 mm rain in 24 hours, the Sukhna Lake overflowed for the first time in the city’s history, prompting officials to open two floodgates in the early hours of Sunday. Read more

A 30-year-old woman died in north Delhi's Subzi Mandi of a wall collapse while an auto rickshaw driver died in Rohini after a tree fell on his vehicle following heavy rain in the national capital on Sunday, police said, reported PTI.

Five other people were injured in separate incidents, police said, all caused by the record-breaking downpour the city saw during the day.

Priti, a resident of Sonepat's Gannaur, was killed when a dilapidated portion of a wall of a veterinary hospital collapsed on her in the Subzi Mandi area, police said. Priti was with a girl, who too sustained wounds when she came under the wall.

Rain water entered houses in Kota Colony of Gurugram on Sunday even as the administration came to the rescue of the residents by providing them with food and drinking water.

Torrential rains on Sunday caused waterlogging at many places in Gurugram, and Kota Colony of Badshahpur was submerged in a way. People living in the area were inconvenienced

The district Red Cross Society formed a special team after getting to know about the colony.

Incessant rains and landslides in Uttarakhand claimed six lives on Sunday and authorities in the hill state have sounded a red alert as water level rose in all major rivers, including the Ganga, amid a forecast of more heavy showers in the next two days

In view of the inclement weather, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami urged the people to avoid unnecessary movement and requested pilgrims coming to the state to plan their journey only after getting the latest weather information to avoid inconvenience.

Amid heavy downpours in Uttarakhand and a warning from the Meteorological Department, District Magistrate Sonika issued an order on Sunday to shut down all government and non-government schools, as well as Anganwadi centers, for classes 1 to 12 in Dehradun district on Monday.

The District Magistrate specified that schools and colleges with pre-determined examination schedules would be allowed to proceed with their exams as planned.

A man, hailing from Rajasthan's Churu district, drowned while bathing in a natural pond in Gairatpur Bas village amid heavy rain here on Sunday, with his cousin who was with him still untraced, police said, reported PTI.

The NDRF and civil defence teams recovered the body of one of them late evening.

Heavy rain will continue to batter north India with the national capital on Sunday recording the highest single-day rainfall in the last 40 years. The combined impact of the active monsoon trough and a Western Disturbance will bring in more downpours coming week though the intensity will vary. Read more

As the weather showed significant improvement on Sunday, a batch of 6,491 pilgrims performed darshan at Amarnath holy cave.

Among the yatries who paid obeisance at the cave included 4700 men, 1,456 women, 213 children, 116 Sadhus and 6 Sadvis. 93,929 pilgrims performed darshan at Shri Amarnathji.

Solani river in Haridwar district near Roorkee has crossed the danger mark of 231 m. It is flowing at 231.25 m right now. Officials in Haridwar district have been directed to remain alert and keep a tab on the water level and ensure people are relocated to safe areas in case the water level rises further

Amid the unprecedented rainfall witnessed by Delhi since Saturday, which has broken a 40-year record, the diplomatic enclave housing foreign missions in Chanakyapuri and other areas accommodating VIPs were inundated on Sunday.

A 17-year-old coaching student drowned after falling into a pit filled with rainwater in Rajasthan’s Sikar city, police said on Sunday.

Yuvraj Singh was returning from his coaching on Saturday evening when he fell into the pit and drowned, Superintendent of Police Karan Sharma said, PTI reported.

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to chief ministers of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and took updates about losses due to heavy rains. He assured all possible help to both the states. Earlier in the day, Shah also spoke to the Lieutenant Governors of Jammu & Kashmir and Delhi about the rain updates.

Gautam Buddha Nagar district information officer Rakesh Chauhan said that the schools in Noida would remain closed until Wednesday due to heavy rain.

Heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir led to a rise in the water level of River Jhelum that triggered panic among locals living on the banks and other adjoining areas, ANI reported. Srinagar Meteorological Centre had on Saturday predicted flash floods, landslides and mudslides for the next two days.

Himachal Pradesh chief parliamentary secretary Sunder Singh Thakur on rain situation in Mandi and Kullu districts said, “It has been raining constantly for the past 24 hours. Cloud burst has been reported in some areas. I want to inform everyone that there is no panic situation. NDRF team, district administration and others are working in coordination.”

The Delhi government issued a flood warning on Sunday after Haryana released an enormous amount of water, over one lakh cusecs, into the Yamuna river from the HathniKund Barrage in Yamunanagar, PTI reported.

At least 10 trains have been cancelled and 12 others have been short terminated or rescheduled on Sirhind-Nangal Dam section, Chandigarh-Sahnewal section and Ambala-Saharanpur section of the Ambala railway division due to rain, as per latest communication from the Northern Railways. Meanwhile, train operations remain completely shut on Kalka-Shimla heritage line for whole day.

Amid incessant rainfall in parts of Himachal Pradesh, train services on the Shimla-Kalka route have been suspended, PTI reported citing an official on Sunday.