Haldwani. Due to the activation of Western Disturbance, most areas of Uttarakhand are getting rain and snowfall in high altitude areas. On Tuesday, March 21, rains continued in most areas of the state. It has been raining since early morning, due to which the temperature has dropped and cold is being felt. The cold has returned. There is less traffic on the roads due to rain.
The rains continued in Dehradun, Haridwar, Kotdwar on Tuesday. It rained here from late Monday night till Tuesday morning. Earlier on Monday, there was snowfall in the high peaks of Gangotri, Yamunotri and Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines. An alert of heavy rain has been issued by the Meteorological Department. Along with thunder, a warning has also been issued regarding hailstorm and thunderstorm. There is a possibility of lightning and hailstorm with thunder in Dehradun, Almora, Nainital and Champawat. There may be light rain at some places.
Director of Meteorological Center Bikram Singh said that due to the activation of Western Disturbance, there is a possibility of rain, hailstorm and snowfall in Uttarakhand till March 24. Only on March 22 and 23, it is expected to decrease slightly. In the entire Kumaon division, there is rain in the lower areas and snowfall on the higher peaks. Due to rain in Mussoorie for about three hours during the day and drizzle in Dehradun, the temperature of the capital decreased by six degrees Celsius.
Dense clouds remained in Dehradun and surrounding areas since morning. During this, light rain occurred in Gadi Cantt, Premanrar, Rajpur Road, Jakhan Old Mussoorie Road, FRI area at around 1 pm. While there was drizzle in other areas. On Monday, the maximum temperature of Doon was six degrees below normal at 23.9 degree Celsius and the minimum temperature was 14.6 degree Celsius.
