Heavy rain disrupt traffic flow & cause waterlogging in Nashik city
"The road from ITI traffic signal towards Khutwad Nagar and another road near Prakash Bakery in Satpur witnessed traffic jams for over an hour, causing much inconvenience," said industrialist Manish Rawal, adding, "Most parts of Cidco and Satpur also witnessed power failure for over three hours."Four vehicles — three four-wheelers and a rickshaw — were damaged in separate incidents after uprooted trees fell on them. However, no injuries were reported.Fire brigade department officials of
Nashik Municipal Corporation
(NMC) said, "Around 20 trees fell in various parts of the city.
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This led to the disruption of vehicular traffic. However, our teams immediately rushed to the spots, cleared roads and smoothed the traffic. Most trees fell due to the heavy rainfall and gusty winds reported in the Satpur and Cidco divisions."Trees fell near ABB Circle, City Centre Mall, Savarkar Nagar, Parijat Colony, Gangapur Road, Trimurti Chowk, near Prakash Bakery in Satpur, and other locations.
Heavy rain also led to waterlogging near Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Indira Nagar, Cidco and Satpur areas of the city.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert forecasting thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rainfall, and gusty winds (40-50 km/h) at isolated places for the next three days beginning Sunday. "If the IMD had already forecast about the rains, the civic body should have taken the measures to clean the storm water lines and chambers, and other measures to avoid water logging in the city," said Virendra Desai, a city resident.
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