By – Aditi Gupta
In Assam, floods have impacted over 1.75 lakh people, and rain-related tragedies have claimed several lives. At the same time, rain remains anticipated in the plains of North India and the Jammu division of the mountainous state of Jammu & Kashmir.
Heavy rains and flooding in several parts of Northeast and South India have made the situation worse. Over 1.75 lakh people in Assam have been impacted by floods, and other rain-related tragedies have claimed many lives. Simultaneously, the hilly states of Jammu and Kashmir, stretching to the plains of North India from the Jammu division, continue to wait rain.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reports that Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim face isolated areas of heavy to very heavy rains. There is heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in isolated areas of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, western Madhya Pradesh, sections of southern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, eastern Rajasthan, Saurashtra, and Kutch, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, coastal Karnataka, and southern interior Karnataka. Several tributary rivers in Assam, including the Brahmaputra, are full causing flooding in nine districts of the state that is affecting about 1.75 lakh people.
On Tuesday, the Meteorological Department said that the southwest monsoon has spread into Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat state, and other areas of the North Arabian Sea. It has spread across multiple areas of Western Uttar Pradesh’s southern region and South East Rajasthan. As a result, several locations in Rajasthan, including Udaipur, Kota, Jhalawar, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Sawai Madhopur, and Karauli, had mild rain. In South East Rajasthan, an alert has been issued for heavy rain on June 27 and 29.
After arriving in Jharkhand on June 21, eleven days later than expected, the monsoon has slowed down. This led in 67 percent less rainfall being recorded in the state during June.