41mm rain recorded in Dhaka, streets go under water as usual
Forty-one mm of rainfall has been recorded in Dhaka since this morning, Abdul Mannan, a meteorologist from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told The Daily Star this afternoon.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Rain will continue for the next few days as this is peak monsoon, the meteorologist said.
Due to this torrential rainfall, several parts of Dhaka city went under knee- to waist-deep water. But there was no traffic congestion on the city streets as today is the fourth day of the nationwide "strict lockdown" and there were few vehicles and people on the road.
Rain led to waterlogging on several streets, lanes and by-lanes in Dhaka including in Green Road, Dhanmondi, Satmasjid Road, Mirpur Road, Tejturibazar, Malibagh, Tejkunipara, Rajarbagh, Manik Mia Avenue and Bangabazar areas.
Many shops and houses in the areas were submerged.
People, who mostly left home to either go to work, provide emergency services, or to go to kitchen markets, suffered on the roads due to the waterlogging and transport crisis.
Members of law enforcing agencies and passersby were seen taking shelter under covers of shops, hospitals and parking areas during the heavy downpour.
According to a weather forecast valid for 24 hours, starting from 9:00am today, the Met Office said the axis of monsoon trough runs through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across the central part of Bangladesh. One of its associated trough extends up to North Bay. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over North Bay.
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Khulna divisions and at a few places over Dhaka, Barishal and Chattogram divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at isolated places over the country.
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