Vehicular traffic at Jammu Srinagar National Highway has been blocked due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall in Mehad and Cafeteria Morh of Ramban district, according to the news agency ANI.
District administration Ramban of Jammu and Kashmir has also ordered for closure of all schools, upto class 10 for the day amid ongoing heavy rains across the district. However, teachers will attend to their duties.
“In view of heavy rains and the warning of flash floods, all schools up to the secondary level (Class 10) shall remain closed in Ramban district today (June 26). Teachers will attend to their duties,” Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ramban, Mussarat Islam said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared the onset of monsoon over Jammu and Kashmir. A MeT official said that from June 25 to 28, generally cloudy weather with intermittent light to moderate thunderstorms was expected in many places.
On Sunday, the weather office informed that Southwest Monsoon has covered several states of India. Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of IMD said that the monsoon would move forward in the next two days.
“Southwest monsoon is active now. It has covered the whole of Maharashtra including Mumbai. Monsoon has also arrived in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and parts of Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu. It will move forward in the next 2 days and will cover other parts also,” Mohapatra said.
“5 cm maximum rainfall recorded in Delhi, rain will continue for the next 2 days. Maximum rainfall of 18 cm was recorded in the Mumbai region and even today there may be heavy to very heavy rainfall. Monsoon is active in Central India,” he added.
In Himachal Pradesh, heavy rainfall in the Mandi district led to a landslide on the Chandigarh-Manali highway near 7 Mile causing heavy traffic jams in the area.
(With ANI inputs)
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Updated: 26 Jun 2023, 11:16 AM IST
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