Heavy rain lashes Baramati and Indapur; Pune records 29 degrees Celsius, yellow alert issued

Baramati town, the surrounding dry-farming belt and most of Indapur taluka in Pune district were lashed by heavy rain from early Monday. Baramati town recorded as much as 158 mm of rain by 7 am.

The downpour continued until 10.15 am, and the total is likely to have crossed 170 mm. Heavy rain is also being seen in Pune city and across the district.

The temperature in Pune city is currently seen at 29 degrees Celsius. Rain fell in various parts of the city on Monday morning, and cloudy skies through the day cooled the weather. The maximum temperature in the city on Monday was recorded at 24 degrees Celsius and the minimum at 21.2 degrees Celsius.

The India Meteorological Department has forecast light to moderate rain, thunder and lightning in Pune city and surrounding areas for the next two days. A yellow alert has been issued for Pune.

The severe cyclonic storm Murasu in the Bay of Bengal and a cyclonic circulation over the Arabian Sea have created conditions favourable for rain in the state, including Pune. With rain continuing in the city and surrounding areas since Monday (2nd) night, the maximum temperature has dropped by eight to nine degrees Celsius.

Heavy unseasonal rain overnight in parts of east Pune, including Hadapsar, flooded roads. The rain began around midnight. It intensified around dawn and between 7 and 8 am, leaving heavy waterlogging on roads in many places. Heavy rain fell in Magarpatta City, Mundhwa, Keshavnagar, Hadapsar, Shindewasti, Ramtekdi, Mohammadwadi, Wanowrie, Fatimanagar, Ghorpadi and the Camp area.

The four dams of the Khadakwasla dam chain together hold 23.47 TMC of water, or 80.52 per cent of capacity. At this time last year, the stock was 28.40 TMC (97.41 per cent). This year's storage is therefore about 5 TMC lower than last year. Fresh inflow into all four dams was recorded on Monday.