Heavy rain lashes NTR district
The Hindu
Heavy rain lashed Vijayawada and many other places in NTR district in the early hours of Monday (July 10), leaving many roads waterlogged. Water stagnated at many places in the city, including the auto stand near Pandit Nehru Bus Station, causing inconvenience to the public. Municipal workers were seen scooping out the water from the roads early in the morning.
Heavy rain lashed Vijayawada and many other places in NTR district in the early hours of Monday (July 10), leaving many roads waterlogged.
Water stagnated at many places in the city, including the auto stand near Pandit Nehru Bus Station, causing inconvenience to the public. Municipal workers were seen scooping out the water from the roads early in the morning.
The showers, however, came as a relief to people in the city, which experienced sultry weather on July 9 (Sunday), with the maximum temperature touching 35 degrees Celsius.
As per the district administration, Chandarlapadu mandal received the highest rainfall of 90.4 mm, followed by Kanchikacherla (66 mm), Mylavaram (64 mm), Tiruvuru (51.2 mm), Ibrahimpatnam (45.6 mm), and Vijayawada (44.8 mm). Reddigudem mandal received the lowest rainfall of 9.4 mm.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts a few more spells of rain and thunderstorms in the next four days in Vijayawada.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.