It has been raining in many districts of Punjab since this morning. A yellow alert has been issued by the Meteorological Department in 6 districts. At the same time, light to moderate rain is expected in the remaining districts. The Meteorological Department (IMD) Chandigarh has issued a warning of heavy rain in Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Fazilka, Muktsar, Bathinda and Mansa. Apart from this, light to moderate rain may occur at some places in other districts as well.
At the same time, a rise of 1 degree has been recorded in temperature in the last 24 hours. Now it has reached close to normal. The highest temperature has been recorded in Gurdaspur, where the temperature is 35 degrees Celsius. At the same time, 23 mm of rain has been recorded in Amritsar. While this month 1% more rain than normal has been recorded.
In this month, 110.4 mm of rain occurs on normal days, while this time 111.7 mm of rain has been recorded. At the same time, so far this time the water level of the dam is much below the danger mark. There is no fear of any kind of flood situation right now. At the same time, arrangements have been made by the government in all the districts to avoid floods. Irrigation Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal has given this information.
There is a possibility of rain in all the districts today
According to the Meteorological Department, light to moderate rain is likely at many places in Fazilka, Muktsar, Faridkot, Bathinda, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar districts today. While light to moderate rain is likely at some places in Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Ferozepur, Moga, Ludhiana, Barnala, Sangrur, Mansa districts.
Light to moderate rain is likely at different places in Mohali, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala districts. At the same time, heavy rain is likely at different places in Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Fazilka, Muktsar and Bathinda districts.
Less than normal rainfall was recorded in 6 districts
According to the Meteorological Department, this monsoon season started on June 1. So far, excessive rainfall has been recorded in four districts of the state and more rainfall in two districts. While less rainfall has been recorded in six districts. Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Muktsar, Bathinda, Sangrur
and Mohali have received rainfall between 20 to 59 percent. The least rainfall has been recorded in these districts. At the same time, normal rainfall has been recorded in Fazilka, Ferozepur, Moga, Mansa, Jalandhar, SBS Nagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Mansa.