Weather turns pleasant in UP after rain, thundershowers

Rain and thundershowers today ocurred in many parts of Uttar Pradesh, turning the weather pleasant in the state.
According to the MeT department here, light to moderate rains occurred at few places over eastern Uttar Pradesh and moderate to heavy rain at few places in western parts of the state.
However, heavy to very heavy rainfall ocurred at isolated places over west UP.
Chief amount of rainfall recorded in cm are Thakurdwara 19, Nawabganj 6, Moradabad and Dhampur 7 each, Baheri 6, Bilari 5, and Palliakalan and Bareilly 4 each.
The department forecast that rain and thundershowers would occur at few places over east UP and at isolated places over the western parts of the state.

Continued rains have sent Sharda and Ghaghra in spate with the former touching the danger mark at Palia Kalan and the latter nearing the red mark at Elgin bridge and Ayodhya though both have shown a receding trend.

Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police, Law and Order, A Satish Ganesh told reporters here that flood relief companies have been deployed in six districts where possibility of flood is high.
Of the 17 relief companies, nine have been deployed in Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Balrampur, Gonda and Kushinagar as a precautionary measure, the IG said.
"The situation in 20 districts was reviewed yesterday where some 56 police station areas are affected in rainy season and officials have been asked to make plans to shift the people to safer areas if required," he added.