North gets wetter,alert in South

Heavy rains lashed most parts of north India for another day on Wednesday,triggering flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir and pushing up...

Heavy rains lashed most parts of north India for another day on Wednesday,triggering flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir and pushing up water levels in rivers of Punjab and Haryana resulting in flooding of more low-lying areas.

Incessant rains triggered flash floods in Rajouri and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir in which three people were washed away. Three students were also caught in the swirling waters in Jathana village of Kathua but they were rescued by the IAF using a chopper.

Punjab and Haryana continued to receive torrential rains that forced authorities to release 2.5 lakh cusecs water from Hathni Kund barrage into already swollen Yamuna river.

Fresh breaches in Sutlej river were reported in Ludhiana where authorities issued a flood alert and sought the help of the Army. In Muzaffarnagar district,more than a dozen people were injured as flash floods flattened over 80 houses.

The downpour caused more landslides in Uttarakhand in which one person died and 12 others were injured. So far 83 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in the state.

Elsewhere in the country,the monsoon has been active in Assam and Meghalaya,Gujarat region and most of the southern states.

Government machinery in Andhra Pradesh was on high alert with the threat of a flood in the Krishna river late on Wednesday,due to the heavy inflow of water into the Srisailam reservoir.

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Srisailam reservoir has been receiving an inflow of 4.20 lakh cusecs of water from upstream Jurala project even as the Tungabhadra river was also overflowing.

Collectors of Kurnool,Mahbubnagar,Nalgonda,Guntur and Krishna districts have been put on an alert as the crest gates of Srisailam reservoir would be opened on Thursday morning,official sources said.

Normal life was disrupted in coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry where fishermen were warned not to venture out to sea as strong northwesterly winds,speeds between 45-55 kmph,are likely to blow along the region. Several areas in Chennai were under knee-deep water as the city recorded 200 mm of overnight rains.