Traffic has been suspended with debris continuing to fall at many places on the Gangotri-Yamunotri National Highway, as persistent rains continue to wreak havoc in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Wednesday.
Rain lashed parts of the national capital during wee hours on Wednesday morning. Parts of the city such as ITO got waterlogged causing traffic snarls and hinderance in traffic movement.
Following a flash-flood warning in some parts of coastal and north interior Karnataka, authorities have declared a holiday for Wednesday in all the schools and colleges in the vulnerable regions, according to an official statement.
Telangana Education Minister, Sabita Indra Reddy, on Tuesday, declared holidays for all educational institutions in the state on Wednesday and Thursday.
As monsoon mayhem continues to wreak havoc in Karnataka, River Kaveri water reached sections of the area's low-lying Kodagu district and caused alarm among the residents, officials said on Tuesday.
Amidst heavy rainfall in parts of the country, the India Meterological Department has issued alerts for Maharashtra, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will hold a meeting of all the District Collectors on Monday to review the situation of heavy rains and floods in the state.
The front wall of the Gurdwara complex and its Darshani Deori, which were already weak due to the state’s neglect, collapsed under heavy rains in the area on July 23.