5 killed in Rajasthan as monsoon holds sway in North

The city recorded 2.8 mm rainfall,the MeT office said.

The maximum temperature was recorded at 32.6 deg C,one degree below normal,while the minimum settled at 26 deg C.

The humidity was recorded between 63 and 87 per cent.

Heavy rains lashed parts of Rajasthan since yesterday even as rain related incidents claimed at least five lives in Ajmer district alone.

Three persons,including a four-year-old girl,were killed when a portion of their house collapsed in near Delhi Gate under Ganj area of Ajmer.

Lightening struck five people working in a farm in Sanwar area,leaving an elderly woman dead.

In a similar incident,an 18-year-old boy drowned in a swollen pond in Chiliyabad village in the district.

The South-West monsoon remained active in the state with most of the places in Ajmer and Udaipur divisions,many areas in Jaipur and Jodhpur and isolated pockets in rest of the divisions,receiving light to moderate rains.

Till morning today,Tapukada recorded maximum of 17 cm rainfall followed by Raipur at 13 cm.

Ajmer,Bikaner,Kota also recorded 35,32.8 and 24.8 mm rains today,according to the Met.

Monsoon remained normal over West Uttar Pradesh leading to moderate to rather heavy rainfall at few places in the state.

Bilari got 13 cm rain,Palia Kalan and Rasra 5 cm each,Sambhal and Saharanpur 4 cm each,Ballia,Moradabad and Bisauli 3 cms each.

Central Water Commission sources said Sharda at Palia Kalan and Ghaghra at Elgin Bridge were still flowing above the red mark.

In Punjab and Haryana,the maximum temperatures today hovered around the normal level.

Ambala registered a high of 32.9 deg C while Bhiwani’s maximum settled at 30.4 deg C.

Hisar recorded a high of 30.5 deg C while Rohtak’s maximum settled at 31.7 deg C,the weather office said here.

Ludhiana and Patiala in Punjab recorded near similar respective highs of 31.7 C and 31.2 C.

Amritsar registered a high of 34 deg C. Chandigarh recorded a maximum of 32 deg C.