Summer showers bring respite from heat in Visakhapatnam
The Hindu
The Monday’s summer showers have brought respite to people in the city as they have been reeling under severe temperature and humidity for the past few days
The Monday’s summer showers have brought respite to people in the city as they have been reeling under severe temperature and humidity for the past few days.
In the morning, a sudden change in the climate has brought respite to people, particularly those who were suffering from the sunstroke. Several parts of the city witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall that lasted for more than two hours.
According to the real time data of the State Government, the elementry school area at Pedagantyada in the city received the city’s highest rainfall of 61 mm till 8 p.m. on Monday. Other areas like Pendurthi (30 mm), Gajuwaka (29 mm), Seethammadhara (28 mm), Bheemili (25 mm) and Anandapuram (23 mm) also received rainfall.
The All-India level NEET examination was started a few years ago to counter complaints of corruption during the joint entrance examinations held at the State level. AIDSO had warned the authorities that the solution to the menace of corruption was not changing the examination system, but to investigate the corruption and punish the guilty.