Rains lash Pb, Hry, temperature hovers below normal

Moderate to heavy rains lashed

most places in Punjab and Haryana, causing mercury to fall by

up to ten notches.

Several places in Punjab, including Ropar, Jalandhar,

Amritsar, Phagwara, Ludhiana and Patiala, received moderate to

heavy showers until early this morning.

Most places in Haryana, including Ambala, Faridabad,

Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Yamunanagar, were also lashed by

rains, a MeT Department official said.

The sky was partly cloudy in Chandigarh, the common

capital of the two states, which recieved rains in the last

two days.

After the rains, maximum temperature at most places

hovered between 27 to 33 degrees Celsius.

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