In Jaipur city due to heavy rain it has disrupted the normal life, causing waterlogging at several places and affecting train services and road traffic movement on Friday.
Rainfall that started at 6.30am in the morning continued till 1pm exposed the lofty claims of civic authorities on their drainage management. At least 13 teams of civil defence and four teams of state disaster relief force were deployed across the city to rescue and help people stuck in low-lying areas of Jaipur.
It all started with drizzles at 6.30am which soon converted into torrential rainfall within 15 minutes. “A rainfall of around 113km was recorded across Jaipur till 1pm since morning,” said an officer with Jaipur Met office.
The centre has issued four alerts until 1 pm on Friday.
The authorities at Jaipur centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Jaipur, Ajmer, Nagaur and Sikar districts have received intense spells of shower since Friday morning amid forecast of another round of downpour.
The forecast stated: “Thunderstorms with light to moderate rains are likely to occur at a few places in Jaipur, Sikar, Ajmer, Tonk, Nagaur, Alwar, Dausa, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Kota, Baran and Bhilwara districts and their adjoining areas.”
It added, “In Jaipur city, light to moderate rains occurred in most parts accompanied by thunderstorms, along with one or two spells of heavy intensity of rains at isolated places.”
