Moderate to heavy rains lash UP

Moderate to rather heavy rainfall and thundershowers lashed few places in Uttar Pradesh today with the Met officials predicting heavy showers at several areas in the state in the next two days.
Met office said that chief amount of rainfall recorded in cms are:-Biswan-23 ,Mawana-13, Deoband-10, Banda-9, Muzaffarnagar, Hamirpur-8 each, Sitapur-7 ,Regauli, Kakrahi, Auraiya, Meerut-6 each, Baghpat, Agra, Bhatpurwaghat, Dhauraha-5 each.
Met officials forecast that heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over the state in the next 48 hours.
Central Water Commission sources said that river Ganga was still flowing above the danger mark at Gazipur and Ballia and Sharda at Palia Kalan.

Ghaghra which continued to flow above the danger level at Elgin Bridge has receded to just below the red mark at Ayodhya and Turtipar and Rapti was flowing close to the danger mark at Bhinga (Shrawasti) and Balrampur.