Monsoon rain: IMD issues red alert for Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand today, yellow alert for Delhi. Check latest updates
schools and colleges would remain closed in on 10 and 11 July. Heavy downpour warnings have been issued for certain areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, while in Delhi, which recorded its highest rainfall in a single day in July since 1982, authorities have cautioned over rising water level of the Yamuna.
In response to heavy rains, the Delhi government announced a closure of all schools on Monday and cancelled the Sunday leave of government officials, instructing them to be in the field. Waterlogging led to traffic woes with people wading through inundated roads, vehicles getting stuck and underpasses flooded.
In Delhi, yellow alert has been issued in the state for today. Amid heavy downpours in Uttarakhand and a warning from the Meteorological Department, District Magistrate Sonika issued an order on Sunday to shut down all government and non-government schools, as well as Anganwadi centers, for classes 1 to 12 in Dehradun district on Monday.
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