Chandigarh, August 29: There is an alert of light to heavy rain in Haryana today. There is no sunshine in most of the districts. In some districts, there are clouds along with sunshine. The Meteorological Center Chandigarh has issued an alert of light to heavy rain in 8 districts, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Ambala, Mahendragarh, Rewari, Kaithal and Panchkula till 12:15 pm.
After the rain, the Tangri river has overflowed in Ambala. Its water has started entering the urban area of Ambala Cantt adjoining it. So far, water has reached New Tagore Nagar, New Shivpuri Colony, Aman Nagar, Lucky Nagar, Rampur and New Preet Nagar. People are carrying their belongings from here and moving towards higher areas.
Even before this, the DAV school running on the banks of Tangri was closed. The police is making announcements asking people to move to safer areas from the banks of the Tangri river.
Bridge of the Tangri River collapsed
The bridge on the Tangri river in Panchkula has collapsed due to the rain at night. Its middle part has been washed away. As a precaution, the police has barricaded the place and people have been banned from coming and going from there.
Apart from this, landslides have occurred at many places in Morni Hills area. Due to which the roads have been closed. Morni Hills has lost contact with Panchkula city.
Water filled in the Government Primary School of Raipur village of Chhachhrauli in Yamunanagar. When the children came to school in the morning, they were immediately dismissed from school and sent home.
This season, there has been 24 percent more rain than normal. The maximum rainfall has occurred in Yamunanagar and the figure here has reached close to 900 mm, while the least rainfall has been recorded in Sirsa.