RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY

Rainfall occurred at many places over Uttrakhand, east Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat region, Odisha and Lakshadweep; at a few places over Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, west Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and west coast and at one or two places over rest parts of the country outside Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands where weather remained mainly dry. The chief amounts of rainfall (2cm and above) recorded at 1730 hours IST of yesterday were: Chittorgarh­9, Sheopur, Tehri and Ahmedabad-5 each, and Delhi (Ridge) , Jaipur, Barmer, Ranchi and Arogyavaram­2 each.

Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over Rajasthan, western Himalayan region, east & Northeastern India, west coast, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over Gujarat region and west Madhya Pradesh during next 24 hours and decrease thereafter.

• Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

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

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

• There is 01 Moderate flood situation site in the country as on 14.08.2012.

DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)

• 27 Teams consisting of 885 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Assam –13, Andhra Pradesh–01, West Bengal-03, Maharashtra-03, Kerala-01, Uttarakhand-01, Delhi-01 and Bihar-04.