Rain, high-velocity winds lash Amritsar

Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 1

Heavy rain accompanied by high-velocity winds lashed the city on Monday. With wind speed measuring 80 kmph, several electricity poles, wires and trees got uprooted. Some areas received hailstorms too.

Power outages were reported for around 10 hours in the city and its periphery. Residents also complained about fluctuation in power supply.

Avtar Singh, a carpenter said, “A power cut was scheduled on Monday, thus we didn’t go to work. As power cables snapped due to the thunderstorm, we came back without work.”

Officials of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited said they had stopped transmission to feeders as a precautionary measure. “As soon as weather got normal, power supply was resumed,” said Gursharan Singh of the PSPCL.

Residents got respite from hot weather and the city witnessed a dip of 15 degrees in temperature. The temperature was recorded at 38 degrees Celsius on Sunday and 23.4 degrees Celsius on Monday.

Farmers were happy as rain irrigated their fields ahead of sowing kharif crops. Now, they don’t need to irrigate their fields with tubewells. Rain also proved favourable for vegetables as it took care of mites and other bugs.