Patna, (BiharTimes): If Meteorological director, T N Jha, is to be believed the rainfall in Patna is high but not abnormal. In July heavy rains are always expected, as it is the peak of monsoon, he said.
True the Met department predicted rains in the next two days yet the fact is that the intensity had declined in the past 24 hours. On Wednesday, the city received 19 mm of rainfall compared to 75 mm the previous day. Gaya recorded about 50 mm of rain in the past 24 hours. While in the last few days South Bihar received more rainfall now it is the turn of the North, which is witnessing heavy downpour and thus increasing the likelihood of last year like flood as most of the embankments have not been repaired.
The problem with Patna is that unlike in the past water-logging is becoming a perennial problem in the new areas. Earlier, water-logging was confined to Kankarbagh, Rajendra Nagar and some parts of West Patna, now even Phulwarisharif, Ashok Rajpath and many other areas, which were not even affected by 1975 flood are in knee-deep water on Wednesday when there was very little rain.
The Met director’s statement carried in the newspaper on Thursday that the rains are not abnormal knocked the bottom out of the Patna Municipal Corporation’s advertisement, which held abnormally high rainfall responsible for the present water-logging in the state capital.
