The water level in the Hathnikund barrage saw a rapid uptick on Saturday with rains lashing several parts of Punjab and Haryana in the past 24 hours, officials said.
Following heavy rains, the water flow rate in the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district rose from 87,177 cusecs at 8 am on Saturday to 2,40,832 cusecs at 12 pm, they added.
The water level in the Hathnikund barrage saw a rapid uptick on Saturday with rains lashing several parts of Punjab and Haryana in the past 24 hours, officials said.
Following heavy rains, the water flow rate in the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district rose from 87,177 cusecs at 8 am on Saturday to 2,40,832 cusecs at 12 pm, they added.
In the past 24 hours ending 8.30 am, Haryana's Ambala received 14.4 mm of rainfall while Rohtak received 14.2 mm and Kurukshetra recorded 12 mm, according to the weather department.
Panchkula was the wettest in Haryana recording 71.5 mm of rainfall, the MeT added. In Punjab, Rupnagar was the wettest with 34 mm of rainfall, followed by 32.6 mm rainfall at Amritsar, 32.8 mm at Gurdaspur and 25.5 mm at Fatehgarh Sahib, weather data showed.
Union Territory Chandigarh, the shared capital of both states, received 53 mm of rainfall, the MeT said.