Dust storm in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh; trees uprooted, heavy rain leads to power cuts

Chandigarh, June 6

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Powerful dust storms followed by heavy rain disrupted life in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Wednesday night with electric poles, towers and trees uprooted in many areas.

The impact was seen in Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Patiala and Ludhiana also where trees and poles were seen uprooted on the roads.

There was no power supply in Ludhiana’s Ghumar Mandi and Civil Lines for over 8-10 hours and the voltage remained fluctuating.

Sixty-two electricity poles in Sahnewal area fell due to high-velocity winds, resulting which there was no power in Sahnewal, Gyaspura and Kanganwal areas.

In city areas, the trees fell and damaged the wires and there was no power for several hours. The board officials maintain that it will take a few hours to rectify the problem.

On Wednesday, a 40-ft-high unipole split into two and damaged five vehicles in the parking lot of the Oxford Street in Zirakpur, as storm and showers lashed the tricity. No one was injured

As a result, thousands of residents had a sleepless night in hot weather conditions. The weather agency has predicted heat wave conditions at isolated places in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan for Thursday.