As an intense spell of monsoon rain continued over the northwestern Himalayan region on Saturday and Sunday morning, numerous roads were blocked and several people were stuck due to landslides.
Amid the heavy monsoon rains splashing over the different regions of Pakistan, nationwide power outages have averaged around 10 to 12 hours a day on Friday, according to The Express Tribune.
The cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi could be facing urban flooding, as monsoon rains are likely to begin in the country from Monday, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.
"The exercises to remove the trucks have been going on since yesterday. A 100-meter road has been constructed across the Son River. However, there is some problem due to the increased water level, " said Anamika Kumar, circle officer, Dehri.
Heavy monsoon rains, coupled with strong winds, lashed across areas such as Shangla's Bisham tehsil and Hazara's Kohistan, Battagram, and Torghar districts. The rains caused streams and rivers to overflow, bringing rubble along with them. This led to blockades and road closures, cutting off
India, this year, experienced the third-highest instances of heatwave and severe heatwave conditions in the last 23 years, after 2019 and 2022, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) on Sunday issued an advisory to ensure a safe and incident-free monsoon season for the consumers.
"Thunderstorm/Dust storm with light intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 40-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, NCR (Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Gohana, Sonipat, Rohtak,
According to India Ratings, at the all-India level, the area under irrigation was 54.32 per cent in 2018-19 (FY19) compared with 41.7 per cent in 1996-97. As a result, the correlation between the kharif foodgrain output and monsoon rains from June till September was 0.4 over FY13-FY21 compar