RAINFALL/FLOOD SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY
Rainfall occurred at few places over Konkan & Goa and Gangetic West Bengal and at one or two places over east Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, northeastern states, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Weather remained mainly dry over rest parts of the country. The chief amounts of rainfall (1 cms or more) recorded at 1730 IST of yesterday were; Kolkata (Alipore)-11, Digha-9, Jagdalpur, Harnai and Imphal-4 each, Bhagalpur,
Jamshedpur, Portblair and Panjim-3 each, Mahabaleshwar and north Lakhimpur-2 each and Karwar, Kochi and Shillong-1 each.
Indian Meteorological Department (Major features of weather forecast)
· Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places along west coast,
Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
· Rain/thundershowers would occur at many places over Odisha, West Bengal & Sikkim and north-eastern states.
· Rain/thundershowers would occur at a few places over Bihar, Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, north interior Karnataka and north Andhra Pradesh.
· Rain/thundershowers would occur at one or two places over remaining parts of the country outside Punjab, Haryana, west Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir where weather would be mainly dry.
CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION (daily water levels and forecasts for level forecast sites)
· There are 02 Moderate flood situation sites (Uttar Pradesh) in the country as on 21.06.2013.
DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE (NDRF)
• 33 teams consisting of 1141 personnel of NDRF have been deployed in Uttarakhand (13), Himachal Pradesh (2), Haryana (1), Uttar Pradesh (3),
Rajasthan (2), Maharashtra (3), West Bengal (2), Assam (1), Bihar(3), Delhi (1) and J & K (2)