Floods, cloudbursts and rain deficits hit India hard

Several parts of Delhi remained waterlogged on Thursday a day after heavy showers unleashed chaos in the city officials said adding that five people have died in separate rainrelated incidents so far Six weather stations across Delhi recorded over 100 mm of rain in a single day the IMD said on Thursday categorising it as an ldquoextremely intense spellrdquoAccording to the IMD the cityrsquos primary weather station Safdarjung recorded 107 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours Other stations which also received significant rainfall included Mayur Vihar 147 mm Najafgarh and Ridge 113 mm Lodi Road 106 mm and Delhi University 104 mm it saidNDRF during search and rescue op after a cloudburst near ShimlaRajinder Nagar area which has become the epicentre of protest following the death of three UPSC aspirants in a flooded basement of a coaching centre was heavily waterlogged on Wednesday with MCD officials toiling till early hours to pump out the water3 dead after basement floods in JaipurThree people including a minor girl drowned after rainwater gushed into the basement of their house in Vishwakarma area of Jaipur city early Thursday morning officials said The bodies were recovered after a rescue operation that lasted for several hours they said After the water entered the basement of their house the family members began removing their belongings Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP West Amit Kumar saidlsquoPaper leak out water leak inrsquoOpposition leaders on Thursday took swipe at the Modi government over ldquowater leakagerdquo in a lobby of the new Parliament building and hailed the ldquosturdyrdquo old Parliament building Congressrsquo Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore posted on X a video of water leaking from the roof in a lobby of the new Parliament building and a bucket placed to collect it He also submitted a notice for moving an adjournment motion to discuss the issue in the Lok Sabha Sharing the video Tagore said on X ldquoPaper leakage outside water leakage inside The recent water leakage in the Parliament lobby used by the President highlights urgent weather resilience issues in the new building just a year after completionrdquoOnefourth of India faces rainfall deficitWhile floods in Assam and heavy rainfallinduced landslides in Kerala have drawn global attention 25 per cent of the 36 meteorological subdivisions in India are still reeling from a rainfall deficit halfway through the monsoon season According to India Meteorological Department IMD data the country experienced nine per cent more rainfall than normal in July 3066 mm compared to the normal of 2805 mm with a cumulative precipitation of 4538 mm against the normal of 4458 mm since June 1 a surplus of two per cent However the rainfall in July was unevenly distributed both spatially and temporally East Uttar Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand Gangetic West Bengal and parts of the northeast have recorded significant rainfall deficitsHimachal Pradesh cloudbursts Three dead 50 missingThree people were killed and about 50 went missing following several incidents of cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh where rains washed away many houses bridges and roads officials said on Thursday The state emergency operation centre said the cloudburst took place in Nirmand Sainj and Malana areas in Kullu Padhar in Mandi and Rampur in Shimla districtsUttarakhand deluge 12 dead six injuredTwelve people including three of a family were killed and six injured in heavy overnight rains in various parts of Uttarakhand that triggered many incidents of house collapse flooding and rise in water levels of several rivers officials saidMost parts of the state did not receive fresh rains till Thursday afternoon Haridwar district reported six deaths Tehri three Dehradun two and Chamoli one Two persons one each in Haldwani and Chamoli are still missingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever