RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

Rainfall occurred at most places over Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh and west coast; at many places over Punajb,east Madhya Pradesh,Gangetic West Bengal, Vidarbha and wouth interior Karnataka; at a fe places over Uttarakhand, Haryana, UttarPradesh, Gujarat region, Chhattisgarh, north coastal Andhra Pradesh, northeastern states and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and at one or two places over rest parts of the country.

Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over Rajasthan and west Madhya Pradesh, during next 48 hours and at a few places thereafter.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over north-eastern states,West Bengal & Sikkim and west coast.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over western Himalayan region, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, interior Karnataka and east India.

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

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

• There is 1 High flood and 05 Moderate flood situation sites in the country as on 08.08.2012.

DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)

• 30 Teams consisting of 963 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam –14, Andhra Pradesh – 01, West Bengal-04, Maharashtra-03, Kerala-02, Uttarakhand-01, Delhi-1 and Bihar-04.