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Hindustan Times
14 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Heavy rains in East UP likely; light to moderate showers elsewhere
Starting Tuesday, eastern Uttar Pradesh is likely to see heavy rains due to increased monsoon activity in the state, according to weather officials. Rising water levels of the Ganga at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi on Saturday (Rajesh Kumar) 'Under the effect of a low pressure developing in the Bay of Bengal, rainfall activity is likely to increase again in eastern Uttar Pradesh from the late night of July 14 or early hours of July 15 (Tuesday). Light to moderate rainfall is likely at many places in the state with heavy rainfall at some places,' said senior scientist at the Lucknow Met office Atul Kumar Singh. Citing reasons for a possible slight decrease in the rain intensity and distribution of rainfall on July 13 and 14, Singh said, 'Due to the cyclonic circulation formed over north-eastern Madhya Pradesh moving towards the west and the monsoon trough shifting a little southwards from its normal position, there was a possibility of fewer rain.' So far during this Monsoon, Bundelkhand and surrounding districts have received 2 to 3 times more rainfall than the average. For instance, Lalitpur received the highest rainfall of 603.8 mm against the normal of 200.1 mm since June 1, an excess of 202%. While many districts of Purvanchal have received much less rainfall than normal, he said. Meanwhile, in West UP, Marconi in Lalitpur district received 163 mm rainfall, Auraiya 103.6 mm, Bijnor 82 mm, Jhansi-78.4 mm, Amroha 65 mm, Mahoba 62 mm, Hamirpur 52 mm and Agra 51 mm on Sunday. In East UP, Fatehpur Tehsil (Barabanki) received 140 mm, Ankinghat (Kanpur City) 117.2 mm, Baberu (Banda) 110 mm, Pratapgarh 94 mm, Kannauj 91.8 mm, Varanasi Airport 67.2 mm, Sitapur 61 mm, Nawabganj Tehsil (Barabanki) 58 mm, Rajghat (Varanasi) 56.6 mm, Sultanpur 45.2 mm, Rae Bareilly 43.8 mm of rain. Lucknow's rain deficit down to 9% Malihabad near Lucknow recorded 42.5 mm rainfall till 8.30 am on Sunday, after which the rain deficit in the state capital reduced to just 9 per cent from 30 per cent on Friday. Since June 1, Lucknow has seen 159.6 mm of rainfall activity against the normal of 175.7mm. On Monday, the capital may see partly cloudy skies giving way to 'generally cloudy' skies towards the evening with one or two spells of light rain/thundershower.
Economic Times
a day ago
- Economic Times
This monsoon, stay home, work hard
You don't have to live in Gurgaon and work in Delhi to agree with this. Wherever you are - unless in some foreign tax haven climes that thinks ' Monsoon ' is a perfume brand - avoid soggy shoes, flooded streets and the faint smell of damp regret. Don't be scared of being outed as one of those WFHers. Truth is, working from home during monsoons isn't laziness, it's smart strategy. While your colleagues become aquatic mammals navigating office corridors with flippers and umbrellas - not to mention the commute that makes Joseph Conrad's 'The horror! The horror!' seem tame - you, dear home-bound visionary, are sipping ginger tea and actually getting things done. They battle traffic-induced existential crises; you battle finding your slippers from under one of the corporations insist on 'team spirit', as they herd drenched employees into offices that smell faintly of mildew and broken dreams. Meanwhile, remote workers crush deadlines while wearing the same T-shirt for three days - because rain exempts laundry. Studies (read: common sense) show that nobody has ever had a great idea while clutching their laptop in a cab stuck in traffic. But the stress apart, great ideas? They bloom where the room is dry. Zooms can confirm that. So, this monsoon, be dry. Your boss might call it antisocial. We call it meteorologically enlightened.
NDTV
a day ago
- NDTV
"I Am Leaving India": Gurugram Man's Emotional Outburst Over Flooded Roads
A Gurugram man has announced his plan to leave India after getting frustrated by the dilapidated and shabby infrastructure in the Millennium City. The man took to Reddit to share his plight in the aftermath of the Monsoon downpour, which has caused waterlogging and clogged roads all around the city. "I don't understand how people in Gurgaon accept the condition of roads during the monsoon season. Yesterday night, I saw at least 5 imported cars stranded in the water logging, while I crossed them in my car," wrote the OP in the r/gurgaon subreddit. "This is crazy. I sense that rich people/industrialists can influence, put pressure and press pain points the govt. Yet there is no action taken by either of them. How are they accepting these personal losses," he added. "I have decided to move out of India, coz I don't want to live my life like this. See people struggle and not get the basic amenities, welfare and service. This may be an incidental rant, but I am pissed now." In one of the comments, the OP added that he was considering moving to Australia to escape Gurugram. "Guys, I already have Australia on my radar. What's ur opinion on Australia??" he wrote. The user's emotional outburst has now gone viral, inviting a similar visceral reaction from the city-dwellers. "Honestly I really can't believe condition of this so called major Tech hub," said one user while another added: "I thought Gurugram was superior to cities like Noida, Ghaziabad. But they both were far better than this glorified sh*t hub." A third commented: "All this is because of the collective resignation of the wealthiest citizens, who could demand change, and the rest of us, who tolerate it." I am leaving India by u/e9txinfinite in gurgaon This is not the first instance when the residents of the city have expressed their pain. Earlier this week, a woman living near the posh Golf Course Road, known for luxury high-rises like DLF Camellias, where homes are sold for upwards of Rs 100 crore, took to Instagram to share a video of her home, submerged in water. She shared a video of her stepping out of the car outside the residence, submerged knee-deep in water. The video then shifts indoors, where various items such as furniture and shoes can be seen floating. "What happened last night has left me completely shattered. As most of you know, the weather yesterday was brutal, it poured relentlessly for nearly 4 hours. I live near Golf Course Road, the area known for its upscale high-rises like DLF Camellias, where homes are sold for Rs 100 crore. But even here, this is the harsh reality of Gurugram," the woman captioned her post.
