Jamshedpur : Jamshedpur recorded the highest count on the rain meter with 159.2 mm in 24 hours, leaving several low lying areas waterlogged and giving commuters a harrowing time.
The showers stopped in steel city this morning but the sky was overcast and weathermen expecting the rains to return in the night, owing to the impact of the low pressure.
The heavy downpour that started on Saturday is expected to continue in the next 48-hours. Both the IMD centres at Ranchi and Patna, predicted fairly widespread rain over Jharkhand, due to the low pressure over the Gangetic Bengal.
” As per our studies, Jharkhand will get widespread rain due to the impact of the low pressure. While moderate rain was expected at most places , there are also possibilities of heavy to very heavy rainfall ranging between 70 to 180 mm at a few isolated pockets in the next 48 hours,” said Upendra Srivastava, an official at the Ranchi. Meteorological Centre.
Officials at the Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore in Kolkata said that the southwest monsoon remained active over Jharkhand during the last 24 hours.
�The active monsoon resulted in a downpour in several parts of the state , especially southern Jharkhand,” said a official at the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata.
Meteorological data revealed that the state has so far received 865.5mm of rainfall against a normal of 909.2mm.
Leaving the loss at 5 per cent. However, another 48 hours of heavy rain may drag down the deficit to zero, said a Met official at Patna.
Meanwhile, traffic was disrupted as major main roads in the city were inundated. Commuters had a tough time wading through knee-deep water, at some places, to reach their destinations. According to information areas like Mango, Jugsalai, Bagbera, Pardih have been worst hit.
Water clogging at these areas has made difficult for people to move. The downpour exposed the woeful drainage system on the city roads.
Choked drains resulted in water logging in different parts of the city Motorists had to struggle to get through the waterlogged roads.
Most of the roads are dotted with stalled vehicles, adding to the chaos.
In some low lying areas several autos have been reported stranded in water.
