RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

Rainfall occurred at many places over Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Konkan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland; at a few places over Uttrakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Costal Karnataka, and Tripura; at one or two places over Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat region, Saurashtra, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Telangana, Rayalseema, Sikkim and interior Karnataka. Weather remained mainly dry over rest parts of the country.

Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over western Himalayan region, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over west coast, East Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim, north-eastern states, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha,.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over West Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat region, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Lakshadweep.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at one or two places over remaining parts of the country.

CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION (daily water levels and forecasts for level forecast sites)

• There are 06 Moderate flood situation sites in the country as on 02.08.2012.

DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)

• 29 Teams consisting of 956 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam –14, Andhra Pradesh – 01, Jharkhand-01, North Bengal-04, Maharashtra-03, J&K-02 and Bihar-04.