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THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

Extremes
Town	Max (in Celsius)	Min (in Celsius)

Ambala	33.7	23.3
Amritsar	34.6	21.7
Bhuntar	31.5	18.8
Hisar	—	25.5
Jammu	—	25.7
Ludhiana	33.3	23.4
Patiala	33.5	23.9
Shimla	22.2	15.0
Srinagar	—	12.4
Sundernagar	31.0	20.6

NATION

Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (Total rain since January 1):

Station	Max	Min	R	TR
Ahmedabad	33	25	0	901
Bangalore	29	19	0	369
Bhubaneswar	32	25	0	1245
Chennai	35	27	0	424
Dehra Dun	30	23	1	1401
Gangtok	21	17	53	2012
Guwahati	29	26	2	1277
Hyderabad	31	23	0	487
Indore	31	21	14	912
Jaipur	34	25	5	468
Kolkata	32	27	7	1018
Lucknow	35	26	—	651
Mumbai	31	26	8	1816
New Delhi	33	24	37	1047
Panjim	30	24	9	2575
Patna	33	27	1	844
Port Blair	30	23	101	1406
Ranchi	29	22	3	983
Shillong	23	16	1	1410
Thiruvananthapuram	33	23	8	445
Visakhapatnam	36	27	23	379

Monsoon active in Rajasthan
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 17
South-west monsoon has withdrawn from some parts of Punjab and west Rajasthan. The withdrawal line passes through Barmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Ferozepore. Monsoon has been vigorous in east Uttar Pradesh and active in east Rajasthan.

Rainfall: Rain or thundershowers have been reported at most places in east Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh, at many places in Himachal Pradesh and east Uttar Pradesh, at a few places in Uttaranchal and at isolated places in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Weather was dry in west Rajasthan. The chief amounts of rainfall in cms are: Haryana: Rohtak, Rewari and Sonepat 1 each; Himachal Pradesh: Bangana 4, Dhundhi, Ghamror, Shimla and Solangnala 3 each, Dharamsala and Nahan 2 each, Barsar, Guler, Kangra, Khairi and Kotkhai 1 each; Jammu and Kashmir: Katra 3 and Basoli 1; Punjab: Balachaur 2 and Shahpurkandi 1; east Rajasthan: Bundi 4, Hindoli and Urmilasagar 3 each, Bijolia, Jaitpura and Rajakhera 2 each and Amer, Angai, Bassi, Chandsen, Dausa, Dholpur, Kotri, Lalsot, Radia Dam, Shahpura and Udaipur A.P. 1 each; east Uttar Pradesh: Shardanagar 15, Fatehgarh 13, Katerniaghat and Palliakalan 12 each, Ankinghat 11, Banda and Dalmau 5 each, Bhatpurwaghat, Kakardharighat and Turtipar 3 each, Ayodhya, Auraiya, Bhinga and Rae Bareli 2 each and Allahabad, Balrampur, Elginbridge, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Kanpur, Lucknow A.P. and Sultanpur 1 each; west Uttar Pradesh: Dabri 7, Kalpi and Sarsawa 2 each and Breilly 1; and Uttaranchal: Banbasa 4 and Mukteshwar 1.

Forecast valid until the morning of September 19: Rain or thundershowers are likely at many places in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Jammu and Kashmir and east Rajasthan and at isolate places in Haryana and Punjab. Weather will be mainly dry in west Rajasthan.

Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely in Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of September 19: Mainly cloudy sky with rain or thundershowers in some areas.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi:Forecast valid until the morning of September 19: Light or moderate rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.