Monsoon remains active in HP, Haryana

Chandigarh, Jul 11 (UNI) Hot and humid conditions prevailed in north-west region as monsoon remained active in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana today.

Monsoon rain pounded several areas in Himachal Pradesh since last night, plummeting the temperatures and triggering fresh landslides in mid hills.

Tourist resorts of Wildflower Hall, Kufri, Naldehra and Narkanda in Shimla district and the key tourist place of Manali in Kullu district also experienced rain.

Heavy rain lashed Naudan town in Hamirpur district, recording 123 mm rainfall till this morning. Una, Bhuntar, Sundernagar, Rampur, Sujanpur Tira and Shimla also had moderate rainfall.

All rivers in Himachal Pradesh, including the Beas and the Sutlej and their tributaries, were in spate following torrential rains in their catchment areas two days ago.

However, power generation at the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri hydel project in Shimla district, which remained suspended for three days due to silt following rise of water level in the Sutlej river, was resumed today, a report from Shimla said.

Several areas in Haryana, including Ambala, Karnal, Naranaul and Panchkula, were also lashed by moderate rain. Hissar recorded 23.1 mm rain, Kalka 18.0 mm, Nelokheri 5.4 mm and Rohtak trace rainfall.

Humid weather conditions prevailed at Ambala which recorded humidity at 95 per cent.

In Punjab, Nangal was the wettest place recording 88.0 mm rain till morning. Ludhiana reported 0.2 mm rain. People sweated under humid climatic conditions at Amritsar and Patiala as the humidity level touched 90 per cent at both these towns.

People in Chandigarh also experienced humid conditions with the city reporting trace rainfall.

Moderate to heavy rain or thundershowers will occur at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab during the next 24 hours, according to the Weather Office here. It warned of heavy rain at isolated places in the region in the next 48 hours.

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