Showers predicted in MP

Bhopal, Jun 16 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh capital and other parts of the state are experiencing drizzles, even as the meteorologists predicted healthy rain over the next few days.

Clouds created in the low-pressure area over coastal Orissa have reached neighbouring Chhattisgarh. This city recorded a high of 31.0 degrees Celsius, six notches below normal. ''Isolated thundershowers are likely over the next 24 hours in the state,'' a Regional Meteorological Centre official said.

Overnight precipitation figures were Gwalior 5 cm, Datia 3 cm and Malajkhand 1 cm.

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