India Meteorological Division: On cam: Extreme waterlogging forces residents to make use of boats for commute in UP | Lucknow Information
NEW DELHI: Following heavy rain on Sunday, many components of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh skilled extreme waterlogging, forcing residents of Bholanath Colony to make use of boats for commuting.
The scenario has been described as “fairly dangerous” by locals who’re struggling because of the lack of drainage, inflicting annual submergence in the course of the wet season.
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has predicted additional rain within the area, anticipating gentle to reasonable showers together with thunderstorms.
Residents of Bholanath Colony in Moradabad have been noticed utilizing boats to navigate their flooded streets. They expressed frustration over the recurring challenge of waterlogging. Bablu, an area resident, mentioned, “The scenario is kind of dangerous. We’re utilizing a ship to commute. The entire space is affected by waterlogging. Even the boat got here solely yesterday. We have now to journey on this water.”
One other resident, Julie, additionally voiced her considerations concerning the perennial downside. “There is no such thing as a drainage. An individual can drown on this water. We have been caught right here for 3 days. The boat got here solely yesterday. It occurs yearly,” Julie mentioned.
The Regional Met Centre of New Delhi, in a social media publish on platform X, forecasted thunderstorms with gentle to moderate-intensity rain for surrounding areas within the western area of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday morning.
In accordance with their prediction, rain was anticipated in Jattari, Khair, Aligarh, Iglas, Sikandra Rao, and Hathras inside the subsequent two hours.
On Saturday, the India Meteorological Division had already predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in varied components of the nation.
A press launch specified, “Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extraordinarily heavy falls occurred at remoted locations over Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim; Heavy to very heavy rainfall at remoted locations over Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat Area, South Inside Karnataka; Heavy rainfall at remoted locations over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Coastal Karnataka, and Kerala.”
The IMD additionally supplied an replace on the southwest monsoon, saying, “The Monsoon has additional superior into the remaining components of East Uttar Pradesh and a few extra components of West Uttar Pradesh right this moment, the twenty ninth of June, 2024.
The Northern Restrict of Monsoon now passes by means of 26°N/65°E, Jaisalmer, Churu, Bhiwani, Delhi, Aligarh, Hardoi, Moradabad, Una, Pathankot, Jammu, 33°N/74°E. Circumstances are favorable for additional advance of the southwest Monsoon into some extra components of West Rajasthan, Haryana-Chandigarh & Punjab, and remaining components of West Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu in the course of the subsequent 2-3 days.”
As Moradabad struggles with the results of heavy rainfall, authorities and residents proceed to hope for higher administration of rainwater to forestall future occurrences of extreme waterlogging.
