Kanpur: No rain, no relief from harsh weather, no way appears. Everyone here expects rain but residents look hopeless.
One disclosed that not only this district is deprived of rains but the similar weather persists in the Ballia district too.
As has been known a family who went to one village in Ballia district to observe Eid did not stay and thought it better to return to Kanpur's Jajmau area.
This particular area used to receive scant rains, as residents point out. When the rains are awaited there occurs no rains, they add.
The Meteorological director JP Gupta said that the monsoon is not expected to be kind for the ensuing one week in UP.
One aged lady maintained that she had also desired to go. When she heard the news about intense heat she thanked God by saying that better to be comfortable in the air thrown by air-conditioned gadgets.
However, scattered rain may occur over Western UP. He said that the clouds forming in the monsoon are leaving the northern region and moving south from the lower atmosphere.
According to the Meteorological Department, from June to July 9, Uttar Pradesh should have received 176.5 mm of rain, whereas so far only 65.8 mm i.e. only 37.3 per cent of the rain has been received.
