Heavy rains in J&K, several areas waterlogged

Jammu and Kashmir witnessed heavy rains leading to waterlogging at many places on Monday.

As per reports, widespread moderate to heavy rains lashed most parts of Jammu and Kashmir, mostly from this morning.

A meteorological department official informed that in last 24 hours till 0830 hours, Jammu district had 84.2mm of rain followed by Batote 59.0mm, Katra 55.2mm, Qazigund 37.2mm, Banihal 13.3mm, Bhaderwah 11.7mm, Pahalgam 2.9mm, Kukernag 1.4mm  and  Gulmarg 0.4mm.

Weatherman also predicted that for next 24 hours widespread light to moderate rain/thunderstorm was expected over J&K. MeT department predicted fairly widespread light to moderate rains and thunderstorm for next two days.