LUCKNOW – Heavy rains created a lot of trouble in Lucknow. The city experienced widespread flooding on Thursday. Due to the constant rain and flooding that followed, the Lucknow district government ordered all schools, from pre-primary to Class 12, to close for the day. This decree applies to all public, private, and government-funded schools.
Pictures from the city indicated that key highways and intersections were underwater, making it hard for people to get about. People could see that even the land outside the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was covered in several inches of water. While the parliament was having a 24-hour discussion about the state’s “Vision Document 2047,” which included goals for economic growth and infrastructure development, the flooding happened. The debate, which started on Wednesday, is meant to reaffirm the state’s goal of being the most developed in the country by 2047.
Monsoon Fury Also Affects Delhi-NCR and Himachal Pradesh
Lucknow isn’t the only place getting a lot of rain. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has raised its earlier yellow warning for Delhi-NCR to a red alert. Delhi, Noida, and Gurugram got soaked by early morning rain, which added to the days of severe rain the area had already had. Earlier this week, heavy rain had already caused several flights to be delayed or canceled at the Delhi airport.
The situation in Himachal Pradesh is still bad further north. Several bridges in the Shimla and Lahaul-Spiti areas have been swept away by new cloudbursts and flash floods. More than 300 roads, including two national highways, have been closed, making it hard to get around and live your everyday life. A police post was destroyed and a bus stand was damaged in Shimla. Two more bridges were destroyed in the tribal Lahaul-Spiti district, making it even harder for people in rural areas to get to them. Authorities said that thus far, no one has died, but heavy rain and difficult terrain are making it hard to continue with restoration work.