Jharkhand: Heavy rains lashes parts of state; alert issued for Tuesday

Heavy rains lashed parts of Jharkhand including Ranchi on Monday afternoon and the inclement weather is likely to continue till March 21 a weather official said reported the PTIAccording to the PTI The Ranchi Meteorological Centre has also issued an alert of heavy rain coupled with gusty winds and thunder in some pockets of the state on Tuesday the official addedThe rainfall was triggered by an anticyclonic circulation that brought moisture from the Bay of Bengal and a trough that runs from Jharkhand to north coastal Andhra Pradesh said Abhishek Anand incharge of Ranchi Meteorological Centre the news agency reported on MondayAnand said Ramgarh received 225mm rainfall followed by Gumla 195mm Ranchi 15mm and Lohardaga 55mm till 530 pmGumla Khunti Ranchi Lohardaga Simdega and West Singhbhum might witness gusty winds up to 60 kmph coupled with rain and thundery developments on Tuesday he said Some parts of the state may also witness hailstorms he added as per the PTIMeanwhile heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms are likely to lash parts of Odisha over the next two days the weather office said the PTI reportedAn orange alert was issued for Bolangir Sonepur Kalahandi Boudh Angul Dhenkanal Nayagarh Mayurbhanj Keonjhar and Jajpur districts for Tuesday asking them to remain prepared for heavy rains the news agencyA yellow alert has been issued for Balasore Bhadrak Kendrapara Jagatsinghpur Puri Gajapati Sundargarh and DeogarhForecasting thunderstorm with lightning on Wednesday the regional meteorological centre in Bhubaneswar issued an orange alert for Kendrapara Jagatsinghpur Cuttack Khordha Nayagarh Puri Khordha Kandhamal Ganjam Gajapati Rayagada and Koraput districts for WednesdayIn an another incident a landslide in Himachal Pradeshs Solan district on Monday morning brought traffic movement to a halt on the ShimlaKalka national highway NH5 near Shamlech village officials said the PTI reportedThey said no casualties were reported in the incident that occurred around 730 am near the Solan bypassVehicles were seen stranded on both sides of the road and local police were initially asking motorists to turn back and take the Old Barog route insteadThe administration deployed excavators immediately after the incident and the road was subsequently cleared for vehicular traffic the officials saidA total of 259 roads including five national highways were closed for vehicular traffic in Himachal Pradesh following snow and rain in recent daysA maximum of 237 roads were blocked in Lahaul and Spiti nine in Kinnaur five in Chamba four in Kullu two in Mandi and one each in Shimla and Kangra districts the state emergency operation centre said according to the PTIwith PTI inputs