Vehicles negotiate a waterlogged road during heavy rains in Chandigarh. (Express Photo)
With just one day of rain, Punjab has made up for the monsoon shortfall, but at the wrong time for farmers preparing for the harvest at month end. Punjab’s normal rainfall is 490 mm for the period from June to September end. Till September 22, Punjab had received only 391 mm rain but with Saturday’s rain, it has now gone up to 442 mm.
Meanwhile, in J&K's Kathua district rescue and police teams have been deployed at various areas following flash...
more... floods triggered by incessant rains. In Doda district, authorities have ordered the closure of all educational institutions as a precautionary measure and also set up control rooms in view of heavy rains in the Jammu region since the last