STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Monsoon showers on Friday lashed the ‘City of Temples’ giving much needed relief to the people and pilgrims as temperatures plummeted, ending the long spell of scorching heat.
The much needed respite, however, came with a price-tag. At several places high speed winds uprooted trees and snapped power supply to many areas in the city.
Though people welcomed the much needed rains but it left the city of temples choked.
Several low lying areas of Jammu city were submerged in knee deep waters while overflowing drains and ‘open nallahs’ played spoil sport across several residential areas in the late afternoon. Long traffic jams were witnessed at several busy crossings due to flooding of rain water in the area.
Before the showers, dark clouds hovered over the city landscape giving enough reminders to the people to welcome the rains to bring curtains down on scorching summer heat.
At several places two wheelers parked in the parking lots were flattened and several sign boards and hoardings were damaged in high speed winds. Rreports of trees falling on vehicles parked on the road side were received from several areas reeling under darkness due to snapping of power lines.
Weathermen have predicted frequent spells of shower in the coming days as monsoon has progressed across North India. Several adjoining areas of Jammu including RS Pura, Bishnah, Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Reasi, and Katra also witnessed fresh spell of rain on Friday.
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