The Meteorological Department has issued an alert for heavy rainfall in eight states on Thursday. Maharashtra has an orange alert in Red, while Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
At the same time, 6 states including Delhi, Goa, Telangana received the highest rainfall in the last 24 hours. A total of 385 roads including two national highways are closed due to heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh.
Since the onset of monsoon on 22 June in the state, 137 people have died so far, while 34 are missing. During this period, government and private assets worth Rs 1382 crore have also been destroyed.
On the other hand, four corpses were found in canals at different places in Haryana. In Delhi-NCR, the continuous rain on the previous day was flooded by three feet on the roads. Noida got a 5 km long jam.
The water level of Kosi river in Bihar has increased due to continuous heavy rains in Nepal. Late night 26 gates of Kosi Barrage were opened and about 1.73 lakh cusecs of water was released.
After the rains in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, the road leading from the city bus stand to Gallamandi was flooded for 4 feet. In such a situation, it is becoming difficult for passers -by.
