Taking a dig at the Delhi government’s clean drinking water from taps scheme that was inaugurated in DDA flats of Pandav Nagar, Rajendra Nagar Assembly constituency, Congress has called free water a reality only during monsoon, referring to the waterlogging in the capital.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a red alert for October 16 in Chennai and the surrounding districts of Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu.
The Uttar Pradesh government has provided Rs 163.15 crore in compensation for crops damaged by floods across the state this monsoon season.
The southwest monsoon has started to withdraw from the coastal state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Bhubaneswar regional centre said on Sunday.
The RMC, in the statement, also said that 18 districts of Tamil Nadu will receive heavy rains till October 5 and issued a yellow alert in these districts.
The North Bengal and Sikkim region will continue to experience heavy rain for the next three days, with no relief in sight.
After two weeks of blistering heat waves, South Bengal is anticipated to get some respite next week.
The southwest monsoon is tipped to set its foot forward in the sub-Himalayan West Bengal in the next two to three days while Kolkata and other parts of south Bengal are unlikely to come under it before 6 June, officials in the Regional Meteorological Centre informed today.
The MCD said it has been working on a war footing to meet the target of cleaning all the drains under its jurisdiction before the onset of monsoon.
With the monsoon fast approaching, the Hill community is anxious about the well-being of displaced families, who are still residing in different relief camps after being affected by a flash flood on the Teesta River on 4 October, 2023.
