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Season?s first shower delights all
THE MUCH awaited monsoon, marked by a light drizzle, arrived in the city on Monday afternoon bringing smiles on faces of residents. The people had been waiting impatiently for the rains to get some respite from the scorching heat. As soon as the shower fell, people came on to the streets and rooftops to enjoy the rain. Ghazipur and Chandauli districts of Purvanchal experienced a minor drizzle.
THE MUCH awaited monsoon, marked by a light drizzle, arrived in the city on Monday afternoon bringing smiles on faces of residents. The people had been waiting impatiently for the rains to get some respite from the scorching heat.
As soon as the shower fell, people came on to the streets and rooftops to enjoy the rain. Ghazipur and Chandauli districts of Purvanchal experienced a minor drizzle.
Since the afternoon, people in groups appeared on major city crossings that had worn a deserted look during the day hours due to intolerable heat and humidity till sometime ago.
Former head of metrology at Banaras Hindu University, Prof BRD Gupta said, “The monsoon has arrived in the Purvanchal region but it is weak as there been no proper formation of low pressure in the Bay of Bengal. We expect that it might turn into a vigorous monsoon with formation of pressure in the next few days.”
It may be noted the monsoon was scheduled to arrive in the city here by June 10th as forecast by the metrology department. But it arrived almost a fortnight late.
Meanwhile, a six-day long religious ‘somyagya’, held to urge the Almighty for rain, concluded in Nivedita Shiksha Sadan Inter College on Monday morning.
Following delay in monsoon, astrologer of Yogiraj Ved Vigyan Ashram (Tamil Nadu), Yogesh Kale and local chapter of Vishwa Sanvad Kendra, had organised the religious ceremony.
Rain leads to waterlogging
HEAVY RAIN on Monday led to waterlogging in city areas and threw normal life out of gear.
The rain that continued since early morning caused drains to overflow and water to enter into houses in several low-lying areas. However, the downpour brought down the maximum day temperature to 28.9 degrees Celsius and brought much needed respite to the denizens, who had been suffering due to power cuts for the past two months, in addition to the scorching heat and humidity.
The areas that witnessed water-logging included Chhawni, Nanpara bus stand, railway station, Dargah, Sufipura, Nauwagadhi, Salarganj, Brahamipura, Shakhiyapura and Nazirpura. Continuous rain in the city since 3 am forced people to stay indoors. Even the markets wore a deserted look during the peak evening hours. Heaps of garbage and silt on the roads made the situation worse.
