Pune Weather: Moderate Intensity Rain Forecast Till Wednesday, Waterlogging Disrupts Normal Life

The weather in the city is expected to stay cloudy with lightning and thunder activity in the evening along with light to moderate rainfall, said IMD in its forecast.

Several areas were waterlogged in Pune after heavy rainfall overnight and on Tuesday morning

Source : ANI

New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed Maharashtra’s Pune city overnight and on Tuesday morning causing water logging in many areas, reported news agency PTI. Several residents residing in low-lying areas of the city and near Karha river banks were shifted to safer places, the news agency reported, citing the district authorities. 

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Shivajinagar received 104 mm rainfall in about five hours till 3 am on Tuesday, while Magarpatta witnessed 116 mm downpour and Pashan recorded 94 mm of rainfall during the same period.

Many areas of the city like Hadapsar, Market Yard, Sinhgad Road, NIBM Road, B T Kawade Road, Katraj, Deccan, Karve Nagar, Kothrud, Kondhwa and Peth witnessed waterlogging disrupting normal life. 

Maharashtra | Heavy rainfall causes waterlogging in several parts of Pune; several trees were uprooted pic.twitter.com/M7wCxJ9avM

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Twelve people stuck in the flood waters in Mangalwar Peth and Kondhwa areas were shifted to safer places, fire brigade officials said.

"Twenty families staying near the Karha river in Jalgaon Kathe Pathar village of Baramati tehsil were also shifted after the river swelled following the release of water at the rate of 35,000 cubic foot per second (cusec) from the Nazre dam," district officials said, as reported by ANI.

Animals also bore the brunt of the downpour as nine goats died after being swept away in the flood waters in Shirur tehsil’s Kanhur Mesai area, the district authorities said. 

Meanwhile, satellite images show "enough moisture in the state", which may lead to more rainfall activity in the city, IMD's weather forecasting department head Anupam Kashyapi told the news agency. 

The weather in the city is expected to stay cloudy with lightning and thunder activity in the evening along with light to moderate rainfall, he said.

The weather activity will reduce from Wednesday, he added.