Monsoon hit parts of country

New Delhi, June 5 (UNI) Tempratures in most parts of the country dipped today as monsoon finally reached many areas while the overall condition of floods in Asom also improved.

The Southwest Monsoon was all set to reach Orissa as well as parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar during the next 2-3 days after hitting Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and Goa, the meteorological department said.

While the monsoon is likely to hit Kolkata on June 7, it could reach Cuttack in Orissa on June 8, the weather office said.

In fact, the met office has forecast rain or thundershowers at most places in Orissa and at many places in West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar and Jharkhand during the next 72 hours.

Further, isolated heavy rainfall is likely over West Bengal Sikkim, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tripura, Asom and Meghalaya.

They also forecast that scattered rainfall activity over West Coast was likely to continue.

Yesterday's upper air cyclonic circulation over North Bay of Bengal persists and has extended upto mid tropospheric levels, they said.

The flood situation in Asom improved as the water level of the Brahmaputra and its major tributaries started receding today.

In Dhemaji district, flood situation had improved as the water from low-lying areas started receding.

In Jorhat district, the Brahmputra was receding at Neamatighat though flowing little over its danger level.

The flood water in Karimganj and Hailakandi districts in Barak Valley also started showing a receding trend.

The flood in Asom had so far affected over 2500 people in Karimganj district and about 25 villages in Dhemaji district while five breaches in river embankments and two PWD roads in Ramkrishna Naghar area had been submerged by the water.

Official sources here said in Nowgong district, over 2000 people, who were evacuated and had taken shelter in temporary relief camps under Hojai subdivision due to rise of water in the Kopili, had started returning to their homes.

In Mumbai, residents continued to have a breather in the last 24 hours with a few spell of showers, after the initial two days of incessant rains.

However, in view of less rains, office-goers and commuters had to once again beat the rising humdity.

According to weather forecast, sporadic rainfall and thunder showers may hit parts of the city in the next 24 hours.

There were no major disruptions in rail or road traffic in the last 24 hours, sources said.

Meanwhile, in Kashmir warm cloths and room heaters were back due to cold following rains since early this morning resulting in a drop in the temperature.

However, the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained unaffected despite rains and all incoming and outgoing flights operated normally.

A report from world famous ski resort of Gulmarg said the entire belt received heavy rains, much to the delight of tourists who had come from the plains where heat wave has already claimed several lives.

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