NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon has been vigorous over Gangetic West Bengal and active over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Coastal Karnataka during past 24 hours.

Heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places over J&K, Himachal Pradesh, eastMadhya Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Coastal Karnataka during past 24 hours.

Besides the above mentioned states rain/thundershowers occurred at most places over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Bihar, Sikkim and many places over Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Nagaland.
Heavy rains hit traffic in Delhi
Heavy rainfall here and in Noida in Uttar Pradesh lead to waterlogging in many areas, disrupting traffic and causing difficulties to commuters.
Delhi Traffic Police reported traffic jams from many parts of the city, including Mahipalpur near the Indira Gandhi International Airport and ITO junction.
Delhi received 93.8 mm of rainfall till 8.30 am on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department said. It has forecast more rains in the day.The minimum temperature settled four notches below the season’s average at 23 degrees Celsius.
Humidity at 8.30 am was recorded at 100 percent.The day’s maximum temperature is likely to hover around 28 degrees Celsius.
Himachal Pradesh
Heavy rains have disrupted road communication, hit power generation and triggered treats of flash floods in parts of Himachal Pradesh.Major rivers – Ravi, Beas and Sutlej and their tributaries were in spate and district administrations have advised people not go near river banks in the view of possible flash floods in lower hills.
In Chamba and Kullu, flash floods washed away the link road and footpath along Garol rivulet, causing inconvenience to people, especially to school going children.
Uttarakhand
The Chardham Yatra pilgrims have been stranded due to a landslide near the Uttarkashi-Gangotri marg, following a spate of heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand.According to reports, there has been no respite from the rain till now.
The yatra to Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, and Hemkund Sahib Kedarnath was hindered last month as well, following which hundreds of pilgrims were airlifted.
Rajasthan
Moderate to heavy rains were recorded in most parts in last 24 hours with Phagi recording rainfall of 10 cm followed by Lunkaransar 9, Mojamabad 8, Jayal 7, Chirawa 6, Manohar Thana 5, Elera 4, Bansur 3, and 1-2 cms at many places in Rajasthan.
The desert districts of Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Churu are still waiting for adequate rains, a MeT report said.This monsoon trend will continue during the weekend in the state, a forecast said.
Heavy rains lash Haryana, Punjab
The first widespread monsoon rains on Friday lashed vast swathes of Haryana and Punjab, bringing cheers to the farmers and giving relief to the people from the sultry weather conditions.Maximum temperatures dropped sharply after rains lashed the region, MeT Department report said here.
Chandigarh was lashed by heavy showers in the late afternoon (30 mm) and the Union Territory’s maximum settled at 30.4 degrees Celsius, down four notches than normal.
In Haryana, Rewari, Gurgaon, Ambala, Panchkula, Bhiwani, Hisar, Narnaul, Sonipat and Karnal, were among other places to be lashed by rains.
Ambala, which received 10 mm of rains, recorded a high of 30.7 degrees Celsius, down four notches than normal.
Odisha
Odisha is being lashed with heavy monsoon rains and the Met office warned of more rain and thunder shower at most places in the state as the low pressure has turned into a depression.
A bulletin issued by IMD said the low pressure over northern parts of gangetic West Bengal and adjoining areas of Bihar and Jharkhand turned into a depression and lay centred over Jharkhand and adjoining northern parts of the state and Chattisgarh.
Heavy rainfall inundates large stretches of Kolkata
Heavy monsoon rains have been lashing the city since yesterday, causing water-logging in large stretches and affecting normal life.According to reports from Barrackpore in adjoining North 24 Parganas district, heavy water-logging was reported from many areas in Panihati, Kamarhati, New Barrackpore and North Dum Dum.
Officials said around 1,000 people were shifted from low-lying areas as their houses were inundated with rainwater.